CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources added just 182 new cases of COVID-19 to the state’s numbers in Monday’s daily report.
The state currently has 5,613 active cases with 178 people hospitalized. Both are at levels that were last seen more than four months ago. Active cases have gone down 51 straight days.
There were no new deaths added Monday. Overall deaths remain at 2,325. The state reports an 88% reduction in COVID-19 deaths in the past 7 weeks.
According to the DHHR, nearly 217,000 state residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Thirty-four of the state’s 55 counties are now green on the COVID-19 daily alert map.
DHHR reports as of March 8, 2021, there have been 2,241,637 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 133,627 total cases and 2,325 total deaths. There were no deaths reported to DHHR over the last 24 hours. https://t.co/JPwh7ELqFJ pic.twitter.com/8jqbBOW93x
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) March 8, 2021
Overall confirmed cases per county include: Barbour (1,265), Berkeley (9,840), Boone (1,616), Braxton (786), Brooke (2,035), Cabell (7,911), Calhoun (232), Clay (381), Doddridge (468), Fayette (2,726), Gilmer (718), Grant (1,093), Greenbrier (2,435), Hampshire (1,549), Hancock (2,595), Hardy (1,289), Harrison (4,911), Jackson (1,679), Jefferson (3,671), Kanawha (12,244), Lewis (1,055), Lincoln (1,238), Logan (2,742), Marion (3,720), Marshall (3,066), Mason (1,795), McDowell (1,380), Mercer (4,255), Mineral (2,590), Mingo (2,157), Monongalia (8,192), Monroe (969), Morgan (938), Nicholas (1,202), Ohio (3,666), Pendleton (620), Pleasants (806), Pocahontas (597), Preston (2,581), Putnam (4,291), Raleigh (4,833), Randolph (2,413), Ritchie (628), Roane (506), Summers (703), Taylor (1,088), Tucker (508), Tyler (630), Upshur (1,713), Wayne (2,604), Webster (331), Wetzel (1,088), Wirt (359), Wood (7,165), Wyoming (1,754).