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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday that 321 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 37 since the last report.
Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (0), Barbour (1), Lewis (3), Randolph (3) and Webster (0) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of two active cases over the weekend.
Two additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 73-year old female from Wood County and an 86-year old female from Ohio County.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of April 11, 2022, there are currently 321 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 2 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,755 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.
About 116 residents are hospitalized with the virus (55% unvaccinated, 45% vaccinated), with 33 currently in intensive care (64% unvaccinated, 36% vaccinated) and 16 on a ventilator (50% unvaccinated, 50% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 2.67%.
A total of 970,730 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 54% of the state. Of those, 440,657 are fully vaccinated and have received their booster dose.
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1), Berkeley (19), Boone (1), Braxton (0), Brooke (4), Cabell (24), Calhoun (1), Clay (0), Doddridge (4), Fayette (5), Gilmer (1), Grant (0), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (5), Hancock (2), Hardy (0), Harrison (7), Jackson (0), Jefferson (21), Kanawha (19), Lewis (3), Lincoln (1), Logan (2), Marion (17), Marshall (7), Mason (2), McDowell (12), Mercer (17), Mineral (5), Mingo (0), Monongalia (17), Monroe (1), Morgan (10), Nicholas (2), Ohio (5), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (1), Pocahontas (3), Preston (13), Putnam (16), Raleigh (8), Randolph (3), Ritchie (4), Roane (4), Summers (1), Taylor (3), Tucker (3), Tyler (1), Upshur (0), Wayne (4), Webster (0), Wetzel (3), Wirt (9), Wood (17), Wyoming (5).
