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West Virginia reports 8,482 active COVID cases and 15 new deaths on Wednesday

Brian Bergstrom
December 8, 2021

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Wednesday that 8,482 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in the Mountain State. That’s an increase of 233 since the last report.

Locally, COVID-19 cases are active in Upshur (83), Barbour (59), Lewis (144), Randolph (85) and Webster (49) counties. In Upshur County, that’s a decrease of nine active cases in the last 24 hours.

Fifteen additional deaths have been attributed to the disease, according to the DHHR – a 69-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 70-year old male from Mineral County, a 67-year old male from Harrison County, a 66-year old male from Grant County, a 77-year old female from Nicholas County, a 57-year old male from Kanawha County, a 66-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 74-year old male from Jackson County, a 94-year old male from Mingo County, a 78-year old male from Marshall County, a 61-year old female from Barbour County, a 71-year old male from Wetzel County, an 82-year old female from Brooke County, a 71-year old female from Jefferson County, and an 88-year old male from Jackson County.

“The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of December 8, 2021, there are currently 8,482 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 15 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,036 deaths attributed to COVID-19,” according to a press release.

About 593 residents are hospitalized with the virus (80% unvaccinated, 20% vaccinated), with 205 currently in intensive care (82% unvaccinated, 18% vaccinated) and 124 on a ventilator (86% unvaccinated, 14% vaccinated). The daily percent positive was 8.56%.

A total of 902,673 people have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in West Virginia, the DHHR said. That’s about 50% of the state.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (59), Berkeley (840), Boone (92), Braxton (44), Brooke (115), Cabell (383), Calhoun (38), Clay (26), Doddridge (17), Fayette (227), Gilmer (13), Grant (83), Greenbrier (103), Hampshire (108), Hancock (131), Hardy (68), Harrison (332), Jackson (85), Jefferson (423), Kanawha (603), Lewis (144), Lincoln (71), Logan (137), Marion (261), Marshall (129), Mason (117), McDowell (113), Mercer (404), Mineral (150), Mingo (160), Monongalia (312), Monroe (52), Morgan (90), Nicholas (223), Ohio (249), Pendleton (32), Pleasants (45), Pocahontas (10), Preston (120), Putnam (243), Raleigh (385), Randolph (85), Ritchie (42), Roane (70), Summers (35), Taylor (90), Tucker (15), Tyler (28), Upshur (83), Wayne (162), Webster (49), Wetzel (96), Wirt (28), Wood (370), Wyoming (92).