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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Saturday that 1,475 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State.
For the fifth straight day, Upshur County reported a death caused by the virus — a 79-year old female. Sixteen county residents have now died from COVID-19, according to the DHHR.
Locally, new cases were reported in Upshur (23), Lewis (9), Randolph (87) and Webster (3) counties. The Barbour County case count decreased at the state continues to reclassify cases at Tygart Valley Regional Jail.
A total of 196 cases are currently active in Upshur County, according to the DHHR.
Twenty-eight additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR:
- a 66-year old male from Summers County,
- a 78-year old male from Tucker County,
- a 76-year old female from Hancock County,
- an 89-year old female from Hancock County,
- a 65-year old male from Hancock County,
- a 67-year old female from Kanawha County,
- a 90-year old female from Hancock County,
- an 82-year old male from Jackson County,
- a 79-year old female from Upshur County,
- a 56-year old female from Barbour County,
- a 72-year old male from Cabell County,
- a 92-year old male from Mercer County,
- a 74-year old female from Harrison County,
- a 93-year old male from Hancock County,
- an 87-year old female from Hancock County,
- a 69-year old male from Kanawha County,
- a 95-year old female from Hancock County,
- a 72-year old female from McDowell County,
- a 79-year old female from Brooke County,
- a 93-year old female from Hancock County,
- an 86-year old female from Fayette County,
- a 93-year old female from Ohio County,
- an 84-year old female from Ohio County,
- an 83-year old female from Doddridge County,
- an 80-year old male from Kanawha County,
- an 85-year old female from Wayne County,
- an 88-year old female from Wood County
- a 56-year old male from Cabell County.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports as of January 16, 2021, there have been 1,738,808 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 108,124 total cases and 1,761 total deaths,” according to a press release.
About 27,254 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 79,109 people have recovered and 1,761 have died. The daily percent positive was 4.54%.
A total of 22,966 people have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, meaning they have received both doses of the vaccine, the DHHR said.
CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (987), Berkeley (7,920), Boone (1,282), Braxton (674), Brooke (1,735), Cabell (6,383), Calhoun (187), Clay (300), Doddridge (342), Fayette (2,143), Gilmer (531), Grant (916), Greenbrier (2,024), Hampshire (1,217), Hancock (2,291), Hardy (1,078), Harrison (3,935), Jackson (1,452), Jefferson (2,964), Kanawha (10,176), Lewis (714), Lincoln (1015), Logan (2,104), Marion (2,801), Marshall (2,534), Mason (1,316), McDowell (1,131), Mercer (3,663), Mineral (2,305), Mingo (1,735), Monongalia (6,401), Monroe (793), Morgan (811), Nicholas (925), Ohio (3,025), Pendleton (450), Pleasants (710), Pocahontas (501), Preston (2,206), Putnam (3,475), Raleigh (3,594), Randolph (1,921), Ritchie (492), Roane (393), Summers (625), Taylor (889), Tucker (416), Tyler (481), Upshur (1,260), Wayne (2,089), Webster (219), Wetzel (873), Wirt (288), Wood (6,033), Wyoming (1,399).
