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West Virginia reports 1,795 active COVID cases, two new deaths on Wednesday

Brian Bergstrom
May 18, 2022

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Wednesday that 1,795 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 35 since the last report.

Locally, reported active case totals are: Upshur (21), Barbour (16), Lewis (15), Randolph (15) and Webster (2) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of three active cases in the last 24 hours.

Two additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 65-year old male from Kanawha County and a 60-year old male from Berkeley County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of May 18, 2022, there are currently 1,795 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been two deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,905 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 149 residents are hospitalized with the virus (46% unvaccinated, 54% vaccinated), with 22 currently in intensive care (36% unvaccinated, 64% vaccinated) and 11 on a ventilator (64% unvaccinated, 36% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 6.81%.

A total of 976,813 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 55% of the state. About 487,046 booster doses have been administered.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (16), Berkeley (122), Boone (16), Braxton (7), Brooke (19), Cabell (85), Calhoun (1), Clay (3), Doddridge (3), Fayette (55), Gilmer (2), Grant (2), Greenbrier (48), Hampshire (17), Hancock (22), Hardy (15), Harrison (92), Jackson (13), Jefferson (69), Kanawha (219), Lewis (15), Lincoln (12), Logan (47), Marion (78), Marshall (31), Mason (25), McDowell (10), Mercer (54), Mineral (19), Mingo (13), Monongalia (140), Monroe (18), Morgan (10), Nicholas (32), Ohio (52), Pendleton (8), Pleasants (1), Pocahontas (3), Preston (27), Putnam (71), Raleigh (137), Randolph (15), Ritchie (14), Roane (7), Summers (4), Taylor (15), Tucker (5), Tyler (6), Upshur (21), Wayne (30), Webster (2), Wetzel (5), Wirt (4), Wood (21), Wyoming (17).