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West Virginia announces 10 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday as active cases drop

Brian Bergstrom
September 28, 2021

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Tuesday that 13,542 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 992 since the last report.

Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (203), Barbour (84), Lewis (215), Randolph (119) and Webster (50) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of 19 active cases in the last 24 hours.

Ten additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 43-year old female from Marion County, a 75-year old male from Kanawha County, a 72-year old female from Marion County, a 43-year old male from Wood County, a 71-year old male from Hampshire County, a 72-year old female from Preston County, a 92-year old female from Mineral County, an 89-year old female from Kanawha County, a 97-year old female from Marion County, and a 36-year old male from Cabell County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of September 28, 2021, there are currently 13,542 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 10 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 3,578 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 978 residents are hospitalized with the virus (81% unvaccinated, 19% vaccinated), with 291 currently in intensive care (86% unvaccinated, 14% vaccinated) and 193 on a ventilator (88% unvaccinated, 12% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 15.81%.

A total of 879,001 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.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (84), Berkeley (712), Boone (189), Braxton (148), Brooke (98), Cabell (692), Calhoun (35), Clay (44), Doddridge (63), Fayette (314), Gilmer (35), Grant (129), Greenbrier (291), Hampshire (172), Hancock (224), Hardy (92), Harrison (764), Jackson (244), Jefferson (325), Kanawha (950), Lewis (215), Lincoln (130), Logan (319), Marion (586), Marshall (244), Mason (161), McDowell (238), Mercer (562), Mineral (298), Mingo (277), Monongalia (346), Monroe (84), Morgan (87), Nicholas (201), Ohio (230), Pendleton (40), Pleasants (78), Pocahontas (45), Preston (353), Putnam (447), Raleigh (552), Randolph (119), Ritchie (107), Roane (118), Summers (103), Taylor (133), Tucker (29), Tyler (113), Upshur (203), Wayne (382), Webster (50), Wetzel (149), Wirt (69), Wood (684), Wyoming (185).