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West Virginia reports 662 active COVID cases, 21 new deaths on Tuesday

Brian Bergstrom
April 26, 2022

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Tuesday that 662 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s an increase of 31 since the last report.

Locally, reported active case totals are: Upshur (10), Barbour (12), Lewis (1), Randolph (6) and Webster (0) counties. In Upshur County, that’s an increase of three active cases in the last 24 hours.

Twenty-one additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – an 88-year old male from Kanawha County, an 87-year old female from Tyler County, a 58-year old female from Jefferson County, an 89-year old female from Randolph County, a 73-year old female from Wayne County, a 63-year old male from Cabell County, an 84-year old female from Putnam County, a 74-year old female from Harrison County, a 56-year old female from Raleigh County, a 94-year old male from McDowell County, a 64-year old female from Wood County, a 69-year old female from Logan County, a 75-year old male from Pocahontas County, a 95-year old female from Fayette County, a 74-year old female from Raleigh County, an 86-year old male from Tucker County, a 76-year old female from Logan County, a 79-year old female from Lewis County, a 42-year old female from Putnam County, a 47-year old male from Cabell County, and a 67-year old female from Fayette County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of April 26, 2022, there are currently 662 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 21 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,845 deaths attributed to COVID-19.,” according to a press release.

About 81 residents are hospitalized with the virus (49% unvaccinated, 51% vaccinated), with 22 currently in intensive care (50% unvaccinated, 50% vaccinated) and 12 on a ventilator (42% unvaccinated, 58% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 5.12%.

A total of 973,605 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 54% of the state. Of those, 463,010 are fully vaccinated and have received their booster dose.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (12), Berkeley (64), Boone (5), Braxton (5), Brooke (14), Cabell (31), Calhoun (13), Clay (3), Doddridge (2), Fayette (9), Gilmer (3), Grant (4), Greenbrier (17), Hampshire (13), Hancock (6), Hardy (2), Harrison (25), Jackson (2), Jefferson (30), Kanawha (57), Lewis (1), Lincoln (6), Logan (18), Marion (20), Marshall (18), Mason (6), McDowell (6), Mercer (6), Mineral (9), Mingo (1), Monongalia (44), Monroe (9), Morgan (12), Nicholas (3), Ohio (20), Pendleton (4), Pleasants (0), Pocahontas (7), Preston (10), Putnam (36), Raleigh (48), Randolph (6), Ritchie (3), Roane (1), Summers (1), Taylor (3), Tucker (2), Tyler (0), Upshur (10), Wayne (6), Webster (0), Wetzel (6), Wirt (4), Wood (13), Wyoming (6).