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West Virginia reports 3,111 active COVID cases, two new deaths on Tuesday

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Tuesday that 3,111 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s a decrease of 224 since the last report. 

Locally, reported active case totals are: Upshur (34), Barbour (44), Lewis (25), Randolph (29) and Webster (19) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of nine active cases in the last 24 hours. 

Two additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – an 81-year old male from Ohio County and an 88-year old female from Brooke County. 

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of August 2, 2022, there are currently 3,111 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been two deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 7,163 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release. 

About 337 residents are hospitalized with the virus, with 49 currently in intensive care and 14 on a ventilator. The daily percent positive was 16.41%. 

About 55% of the state has been vaccinated for COVID-19. 

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (44), Berkeley (173), Boone (62), Braxton (14), Brooke (28), Cabell (174), Calhoun (9), Clay (6), Doddridge (7), Fayette (104), Gilmer (9), Grant (15), Greenbrier (69), Hampshire (37), Hancock (32), Hardy (31), Harrison (118), Jackson (24), Jefferson (77), Kanawha (291), Lewis (25), Lincoln (48), Logan (72), Marion (107), Marshall (54), Mason (36), McDowell (37), Mercer (151), Mineral (36), Mingo (49), Monongalia (122), Monroe (42), Morgan (21), Nicholas (58), Ohio (63), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (9), Pocahontas (12), Preston (35), Putnam (111), Raleigh (193), Randolph (29), Ritchie (19), Roane (33), Summers (24), Taylor (27), Tucker (0), Tyler (8), Upshur (34), Wayne (48), Webster (19), Wetzel (15), Wirt (13), Wood (180), Wyoming (52).

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