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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Thursday that 3,250 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s an increase of 139 since the last report.
Locally, reported active case totals are: Upshur (43), Barbour (18), Lewis (19), Randolph (46) and Webster (8) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of one active case in the last 24 hours.
Two additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – an 89-year old female from Kanawha County and a 65-year old female from Berkeley County.
“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of August 11, 2022, there are currently 3,250 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been two deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 7,203 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.
About 373 residents are hospitalized with the virus, with 57 currently in intensive care and eight on a ventilator. The daily percent positive was 9.64%.
About 55% of the state has been vaccinated for COVID-19.
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (18), Berkeley (200), Boone (66), Braxton (18), Brooke (24), Cabell (182), Calhoun (10), Clay (11), Doddridge (10), Fayette (76), Gilmer (11), Grant (17), Greenbrier (88), Hampshire (37), Hancock (41), Hardy (55), Harrison (116), Jackson (38), Jefferson (87), Kanawha (280), Lewis (19), Lincoln (26), Logan (90), Marion (100), Marshall (56), Mason (60), McDowell (46), Mercer (155), Mineral (41), Mingo (46), Monongalia (148), Monroe (37), Morgan (22), Nicholas (58), Ohio (62), Pendleton (2), Pleasants (10), Pocahontas (16), Preston (33), Putnam (99), Raleigh (190), Randolph (46), Ritchie (17), Roane (19), Summers (32), Taylor (20), Tucker (8), Tyler (13), Upshur (43), Wayne (45), Webster (8), Wetzel (29), Wirt (9), Wood (194), Wyoming (66).
