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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday that 1,964 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s an increase of 306 since the last report.
Locally, reported active case totals are: Upshur (26), Barbour (11), Lewis (12), Randolph (14) and Webster (2) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of five active cases over the weekend.
Two additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – both 75-year old females from Berkeley County.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of May 16, 2022, there are currently 1,964 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been two deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,895 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 11.58%.
A total of 976,584 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 55% of the state. About 485,143 booster doses have been administered.
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (11), Berkeley (124), Boone (16), Braxton (9), Brooke (18), Cabell (110), Calhoun (3), Clay (6), Doddridge (7), Fayette (54), Gilmer (2), Grant (1), Greenbrier (66), Hampshire (8), Hancock (30), Hardy (13), Harrison (102), Jackson (12), Jefferson (77), Kanawha (238), Lewis (12), Lincoln (21), Logan (49), Marion (111), Marshall (32), Mason (26), McDowell (15), Mercer (46), Mineral (19), Mingo (8), Monongalia (138), Monroe (27), Morgan (11), Nicholas (28), Ohio (73), Pendleton (16), Pleasants (2), Pocahontas (2), Preston (31), Putnam (70), Raleigh (129), Randolph (14), Ritchie (12), Roane (9), Summers (9), Taylor (20), Tucker (2), Tyler (11), Upshur (26), Wayne (37), Webster (2), Wetzel (5), Wirt (3), Wood (30), Wyoming (11).
