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Lewis, Randolph and Barbour counties all report new COVID-19 deaths Monday

Brian Bergstrom
October 4, 2021

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday that 12,284 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 1,730 since Friday’s report.

Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (157), Barbour (88), Lewis (140), Randolph (126) and Webster (70) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of 36 active cases over the weekend.

Forty-seven additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 40-year old female from Lewis County, a 61-year old female from Lewis County, a 73-year old female from Lewis County, a 58-year old male from Randolph County, an 81-year old male from Randolph County, a 60-year old male from Barbour County, an 88-year old female from Lincoln County, an 80-year old male from Mineral County, a 21-year old male from Braxton County, a 59-year old female from Pleasants County, a 70-year old male from Kanawha County, a 77-year old female from Harrison County, a 67-year old male from Clay County, an 87-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 20-year old male from Berkeley County, a 63-year old male from Kanawha County, a 72-year old female from Putnam County, a 71-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 55-year old female from Ohio County, a 70-year old male from Berkeley County, a 79-year old female from Jefferson County, a 74-year old female from Preston County, a 104-year old female from Cabell County, a 71-year old male from Nicholas County, a 79-year old female from Wayne County, an 86-year old male from Kanawha County, a 35-year old male from Harrison County, a 51-year old female from Harrison County, a 74-year old male from Berkeley County, a 69-year old female from Wood County, a 92-year old male from Raleigh County, a 91-year old male from Raleigh County, an 81-year old male from Mineral County, a 79-year old female from Lincoln County, an 85-year old male from Wood County, a 53-year old female from Wayne County, a 99-year old female from Hancock County, a 72-year old female from Wood County, an 80-year old male from Cabell County, a 72-year old female from Mercer County, a 76-year old female from Roane County, a 64-year old male from Fayette County, an 82-year old female from Raleigh County, a 67-year old female from Logan County, a 64-year old female from Logan County, a 64-year old female from Logan County, and a 69-year old male from Logan County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of October 4, 2021, there are currently 12,284 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 47 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 3,769 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 915 residents are hospitalized with the virus (83% unvaccinated, 17% vaccinated), with 269 currently in intensive care (88% unvaccinated, 12% vaccinated) and 177 on a ventilator (89% unvaccinated, 11% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 13.57%.

A total of 886,832 people have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, meaning they have received both doses of the vaccine, the DHHR said. That’s about 50% of the state.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (88), Berkeley (767), Boone (195), Braxton (105), Brooke (78), Cabell (623), Calhoun (21), Clay (43), Doddridge (72), Fayette (329), Gilmer (46), Grant (117), Greenbrier (227), Hampshire (109), Hancock (184), Hardy (78), Harrison (761), Jackson (222), Jefferson (261), Kanawha (1,071), Lewis (140), Lincoln (156), Logan (261), Marion (565), Marshall (181), Mason (152), McDowell (221), Mercer (505), Mineral (230), Mingo (185), Monongalia (274), Monroe (54), Morgan (92), Nicholas (209), Ohio (146), Pendleton (21), Pleasants (48), Pocahontas (28), Preston (353), Putnam (430), Raleigh (401), Randolph (126), Ritchie (93), Roane (149), Summers (79), Taylor (114), Tucker (36), Tyler (77), Upshur (157), Wayne (325), Webster (70), Wetzel (139), Wirt (43), Wood (684), Wyoming (143).