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Active COVID-19 cases in West Virginia surge to more than 11,000 on Thursday

Brian Bergstrom
December 30, 2021

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Thursday that 11,017 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s an increase of 1,539 since the last report.

Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (95), Barbour (94), Lewis (66), Randolph (115) and Webster (32) counties. In Upshur County, that’s an increase of 19 active cases in the last 24 hours.

Thirty-one additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 62-year old male from Jackson County, a 67-year old female from Putnam County, a 73-year old male from Berkeley County, an 80-year old male from Raleigh County, an 89-year old male from Mercer County, a 90-year old male from Raleigh County, a 22-year old male from Lincoln County, a 68-year old male from Raleigh County, a 65-year old male from Berkeley County, a 67-year old male from Mercer County, an 85-year old female from Berkeley County, a 53-year old female from Berkeley County, a 61-year old male from Raleigh County, a 63-year old male from Summers County, a 61-year old female from Raleigh County, a 60-year old male from Mercer County, a 60-year old male from Mason County, a 66-year old female from Mineral County, a 79-year old female from Kanawha County, a 50-year old male from Mercer County, an 84-year old male from Hampshire County, a 57-year old female from Berkeley County, a 55-year old male from Mineral County, a 53-year old male from Hampshire County, a 59-year old female from Mason County, a 77-year old female from Mercer County, an 83-year old male from Mason County, a 68-year old female from Taylor County, a 42-year old female from Kanawha County, an 82-year old male from Wood County, and an 82-year old female from Wirt County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 30, 2021, there are currently 11,017 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 31 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,336 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 634 residents are hospitalized with the virus (80% unvaccinated, 20% vaccinated), with 190 currently in intensive care (85% unvaccinated, 15% vaccinated) and 105 on a ventilator (87% unvaccinated, 13% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 13.77%.

A total of 919,042 people have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 51% of the state.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (94), Berkeley (1,550), Boone (94), Braxton (83), Brooke (92), Cabell (635), Calhoun (23), Clay (26), Doddridge (22), Fayette (259), Gilmer (50), Grant (57), Greenbrier (216), Hampshire (100), Hancock (126), Hardy (107), Harrison (406), Jackson (103), Jefferson (721), Kanawha (853), Lewis (66), Lincoln (89), Logan (167), Marion (305), Marshall (144), Mason (96), McDowell (109), Mercer (442), Mineral (177), Mingo (175), Monongalia (554), Monroe (96), Morgan (152), Nicholas (172), Ohio (278), Pendleton (19), Pleasants (26), Pocahontas (25), Preston (180), Putnam (367), Raleigh (436), Randolph (115), Ritchie (29), Roane (53), Summers (75), Taylor (110), Tucker (7), Tyler (31), Upshur (95), Wayne (195), Webster (32), Wetzel (85), Wirt (25), Wood (316), Wyoming (157).