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Upshur County reports 17 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, statewide averages continue to fall

Brian Bergstrom
February 4, 2021

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Thursday that 574 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Mountain State.

Locally, new cases were reported in Upshur (17), Barbour (10), Lewis (12), Randolph (5) and Webster (3) counties. A total of 156 cases are currently active in Upshur County, according to the DHHR.

West Virginia Wesleyan College said Thursday that five cases have been found on campus.

Statewide, the average number of new daily cases continues to fall and is now about 25% lower than it was a week ago.

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

a 75-year old female from Marion County,
an 87-year old male from Wyoming County,
a 72-year old female from McDowell County,
a 95-year old female from Mingo County,
an 81-year old male from Putnam County,
an 88-year old female from Putnam County,
a 76-year old female from Cabell County,
a 72-year old male from Wyoming County,
an 87-year old male from Mason County,
an 81-year old male from McDowell County,
a 59-year old female from Monongalia County,
a 75-year old male from Mineral County,
an 87-year old male from Brooke County,
an 85-year old male from Berkeley County,
an 87-year old male from Mingo County,
a 59-year old female from McDowell County,
an 83-year old female from Brooke County,
a 92-year old female from Wood County,
a 57-year old male from Mingo County,
a 70-year old male from Grant County,
a 96-year old female from Wyoming County,
a 71-year old male from Nicholas County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of February 4, 2021, there have been 1,955,795 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 123,044 total cases and 2,080 total deaths,” according to a press release.

About 18,469 West Virginia cases remain active, according DHHR data. Of the cases that are no longer active, 102,495 people have recovered and 2,080 have died. The daily percent positive was 4.52%.

A total of 79,513 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 (1,130), Berkeley (9,072), Boone (1,460), Braxton (749), Brooke (1,930), Cabell (7,218), Calhoun (215), Clay (359), Doddridge (421), Fayette (2,447), Gilmer (657), Grant (1,007), Greenbrier (2,295), Hampshire (1,413), Hancock (2,511), Hardy (1,231), Harrison (4,561), Jackson (1,579), Jefferson (3,381), Kanawha (11,269), Lewis (878), Lincoln (1,139), Logan (2,492), Marion (3,427), Marshall (2,864), Mason (1,688), McDowell (1,278), Mercer (3,960), Mineral (2,519), Mingo (1,968), Monongalia (7,224), Monroe (892), Morgan (876), Nicholas (1,074), Ohio (3,431), Pendleton (591), Pleasants (776), Pocahontas (564), Preston (2,443), Putnam (3,906), Raleigh (4,254), Randolph (2,250), Ritchie (573), Roane (470), Summers (680), Taylor (1,030), Tucker (471), Tyler (585), Upshur (1,534), Wayne (2,429), Webster (263), Wetzel (1,022), Wirt (331), Wood (6,611), Wyoming (1,646).