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West Virginia reports 1,830 active COVID cases, eight new deaths on Tuesday

Brian Bergstrom
May 17, 2022

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Tuesday that 1,830 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 134 since the last report.

Locally, reported active case totals are: Upshur (24), Barbour (15), Lewis (16), Randolph (15) and Webster (1) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of two active cases in the last 24 hours.

Eight additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 64-year old male from Berkeley County, a 58-year old female from Lincoln County, a 94-year old female from Marion County, a 91-year old female from Cabell County, a 69-year old male from Marion County, a 75-year old female from Mineral County, a 63-year old male from Ohio County, and a 78-year old female from Logan County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of May 17, 2022, there are currently 1,830 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been eight deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,903 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 138 residents are hospitalized with the virus (51% unvaccinated, 49% vaccinated), with 19 currently in intensive care (37% unvaccinated, 63% vaccinated) and 9 on a ventilator (67% unvaccinated, 33% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 20.88%.

A total of 976,650 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 55% of the state. About 485,882 booster doses have been administered.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (15), Berkeley (114), Boone (15), Braxton (7), Brooke (16), Cabell (98), Calhoun (2), Clay (6), Doddridge (3), Fayette (52), Gilmer (2), Grant (1), Greenbrier (53), Hampshire (11), Hancock (26), Hardy (14), Harrison (99), Jackson (8), Jefferson (71), Kanawha (236), Lewis (16), Lincoln (16), Logan (45), Marion (92), Marshall (28), Mason (25), McDowell (10), Mercer (55), Mineral (20), Mingo (9), Monongalia (128), Monroe (26), Morgan (9), Nicholas (30), Ohio (63), Pendleton (11), Pleasants (1), Pocahontas (1), Preston (28), Putnam (76), Raleigh (126), Randolph (15), Ritchie (15), Roane (7), Summers (5), Taylor (17), Tucker (4), Tyler (5), Upshur (24), Wayne (34), Webster (1), Wetzel (4), Wirt (2), Wood (22), Wyoming (11).