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New COVID-19 cases in West Virginia drop to lowest level in nearly a month

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Saturday that 555 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State, the lowest daily total since Dec. 27.

Locally, new cases were reported in Upshur (11), Barbour (5), Lewis (3), Randolph (10) and Webster (1) counties. A total of 246 cases are currently active in Upshur County, according to the DHHR.

The DHHR, however, continues to underreport nearly 350 cases in Upshur County, according to numbers released by the local health department.

Twenty-three additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR:

  • a 54-year old male from Berkeley County,
  • a 79-year old female from Wood County,
  • an 81-year old male from Mason County,
  • an 81-year old male from Harrison County,
  • a 96-year old male from Wood County,
  • a 74-year old male from Marshall County,
  • a 74-year old male from Harrison County,
  • an 84-year old male from Kanawha County,
  • a 79-year old female from Wood County,
  • an 89-year old male from Harrison County,
  • an 88-year old female from Wood County,
  • a 71-year old male from Mason County,
  • a 62-year old female from Marion County,
  • an 88-year old female from Wood County,
  • a 58-year old male from Hancock County,
  • a 68-year old male from McDowell County,
  • a 59-year old female from Wood County,
  • a 76-year old female from Wood County,
  • a 76-year old male from Ohio County,
  • an 83-year old male from Wood County,
  • a 64-year old male from McDowell County,
  • a 75-year old female from Hampshire County,
  • a 92-year old female from Kanawha County.

“The West Virginia DHHR reports as of January 24, 2021, there have been 1,837,747 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 115,307 total cases and 1,895 total deaths,” according to a press release.

About 24,479 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 88,933 people have recovered and 1,895 have died. The daily percent positive was 7.15%.

A total of 39,843 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 (1,062), Berkeley (8,525), Boone (1,371), Braxton (723), Brooke (1,847), Cabell (6,744), Calhoun (202), Clay (324), Doddridge (395), Fayette (2,293), Gilmer (553), Grant (947), Greenbrier (2,143), Hampshire (1,316), Hancock (2,393), Hardy (1,150), Harrison (4,233), Jackson (1,541), Jefferson (3,170), Kanawha (10,678), Lewis (785), Lincoln (1,095), Logan (2,231), Marion (3,137), Marshall (2,652), Mason (1,478), McDowell (1,186), Mercer (3,808), Mineral (2,410), Mingo (1,858), Monongalia (6,793), Monroe (850), Morgan (848), Nicholas (997), Ohio (3,224), Pendleton (523), Pleasants (752), Pocahontas (545), Preston (2,341), Putnam (3,663), Raleigh (3,912), Randolph (2,095), Ritchie (528), Roane (443), Summers (646), Taylor (957), Tucker (433), Tyler (542), Upshur (1,417), Wayne (2,231), Webster (237), Wetzel (953), Wirt (309), Wood (6,326), Wyoming (1,492).

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