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West Virginia reports 544 active COVID cases, one new death on Friday

Brian Bergstrom
April 22, 2022

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Friday that 544 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s an increase of 44 since the last report.

Locally, reported active case totals are: Upshur (6), Barbour (6), Lewis (4), Randolph (10) and Webster (0) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of one active case in the last 24 hours.

One additional death has been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 93-year old male from Mason County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of April 22, 2022, there are currently 544 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There has been one death reported since the last report, with a total of 6,823 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 78 residents are hospitalized with the virus (53% unvaccinated, 47% vaccinated), with 22 currently in intensive care (32% unvaccinated, 68% vaccinated) and 11 on a ventilator (46% unvaccinated, 54% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 2.81%.

A total of 972,953 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 54% of the state. Of those, 458,811 are fully vaccinated and have received their booster dose.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (6), Berkeley (43), Boone (8), Braxton (6), Brooke (9), Cabell (26), Calhoun (11), Clay (0), Doddridge (0), Fayette (9), Gilmer (1), Grant (3), Greenbrier (14), Hampshire (10), Hancock (4), Hardy (4), Harrison (18), Jackson (3), Jefferson (24), Kanawha (35), Lewis (4), Lincoln (6), Logan (8), Marion (14), Marshall (23), Mason (8), McDowell (4), Mercer (18), Mineral (13), Mingo (0), Monongalia (46), Monroe (2), Morgan (11), Nicholas (3), Ohio (15), Pendleton (5), Pleasants (0), Pocahontas (1), Preston (11), Putnam (30), Raleigh (22), Randolph (10), Ritchie (2), Roane (0), Summers (3), Taylor (10), Tucker (1), Tyler (1), Upshur (6), Wayne (6), Webster (0), Wetzel (3), Wirt (0), Wood (14), Wyoming (10).