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Two Lewis County residents among 10 COVID deaths reported in West Virginia on Monday

Brian Bergstrom
March 14, 2022

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday that 1,244 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 188 since the last report.

Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (26), Barbour (9), Lewis (2), Randolph (9) and Webster (25) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of six active cases over the weekend.

Ten additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 58-year old female from Cabell County, an 81-year old female from Monongalia County, a 61-year old male from Preston County, an 89-year old male from Lewis County, a 60-year old male from Cabell County, a 78-year old male from Cabell County, an 82-year old female from Lewis County, an 87-year old female from Lewis County, a 79-year old male from Taylor County, and a 90-year old male from Monongalia County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of March 14, 2022, there are currently 1,244 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 10 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,559 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 272 residents are hospitalized with the virus (63% unvaccinated, 37% vaccinated), with 74 currently in intensive care (66% unvaccinated, 34% vaccinated) and 44 on a ventilator (68% unvaccinated, 32% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 4.04%.

A total of 965,375 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 54% of the state. Of those, 416,861 are fully vaccinated and have received their booster dose.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (9), Berkeley (49), Boone (8), Braxton (16), Brooke (15), Cabell (45), Calhoun (12), Clay (4), Doddridge (1), Fayette (46), Gilmer (5), Grant (6), Greenbrier (32), Hampshire (8), Hancock (8), Hardy (4), Harrison (47), Jackson (10), Jefferson (20), Kanawha (65), Lewis (2), Lincoln (11), Logan (13), Marion (66), Marshall (44), Mason (25), McDowell (35), Mercer (60), Mineral (7), Mingo (21), Monongalia (63), Monroe (8), Morgan (2), Nicholas (22), Ohio (10), Pendleton (2), Pleasants (3), Pocahontas (4), Preston (28), Putnam (34), Raleigh (156), Randolph (9), Ritchie (10), Roane (7), Summers (13), Taylor (13), Tucker (5), Tyler (5), Upshur (26), Wayne (9), Webster (25), Wetzel (20), Wirt (0), Wood (48), Wyoming (28).