The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Thursday that 3,108 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s an increase of 260 since the last report; active cases have now tripled in two weeks.
Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (51), Barbour (18), Lewis (63), Randolph (45) and Webster (20) counties. In Upshur County, that’s an increase of 15 active cases in the last 24 hours.
Five additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 61-year old male from Harrison County, a 60-year old female from Raleigh County, a 71-year old female from Upshur County, a 79-year old female from Cabell County, and a 74-year old male from Kanawha County.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of August 5, 2021, there have been 3,150,938 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 168,733 total cases and 2,961 deaths,” according to a press release.
The daily percent positive was 6.01%.
A total of 883,265 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 49% of the state.
TOTAL CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1,557), Berkeley (13,200), Boone (2,216), Braxton (1,065), Brooke (2,282), Cabell (9,258), Calhoun (407), Clay (549), Doddridge (654), Fayette (3,728), Gilmer (905), Grant (1,329), Greenbrier (2,940), Hampshire (1,948), Hancock (2,887), Hardy (1,598), Harrison (6,414), Jackson (2,327), Jefferson (4,899), Kanawha (15,816), Lewis (1,404), Lincoln (1,629), Logan (3,372), Marion (4,804), Marshall (3,681), Mason (2,163), McDowell (1,696), Mercer (5,338), Mineral (3,020), Mingo (2,842), Monongalia (9,567), Monroe (1,249), Morgan (1,286), Nicholas (1,975), Ohio (4,432), Pendleton (727), Pleasants (970), Pocahontas (699), Preston (2,990), Putnam (5,519), Raleigh (7,280), Randolph (2,923), Ritchie (782), Roane (681), Summers (875), Taylor (1,338), Tucker (556), Tyler (772), Upshur (2,068), Wayne (3,291), Webster (621), Wetzel (1,451), Wirt (476), Wood (8,124), Wyoming (2,153).
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