CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hospitalizations associated with COVID-19 are at their lowest number in West Virginia in nearly 10 months.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported Thursday that hospitalizations are now at 133 patients, the last time they were that low was Aug. 18,2020.
The DHHR confirmed 119 new COVID cases Thursday and two additional deaths, a 93-year old female from Harrison County and a 61-year old male from Randolph County.
There were 24 deaths added Wednesday, the DHHR said most of those were COVID deaths from April and May that weren’t originally reported as COVID deaths.
Vaccination numbers remained steady in Thursday’s report. More than 52% of the state’s overall population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Sixty-percent of residents 12 and older have received at least one shot, 48.7% of those 12 and older have been fully vaccinated.
DHHR reports as of June 10, 2021, there have been 2,966,404 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 162,845 total cases and 2,848 total deaths. https://t.co/Lc2gYvX8oX pic.twitter.com/fLBTOs0v5V
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) June 10, 2021
Overall confirmed cases per county include: Barbour (1,509), Berkeley (12,768), Boone (2,169), Braxton (998), Brooke (2,241), Cabell (8,841), Calhoun (374), Clay (542), Doddridge (631), Fayette (3,535), Gilmer (875), Grant (1,304), Greenbrier (2,875), Hampshire (1,914), Hancock (2,837), Hardy (1,562), Harrison (6,106), Jackson (2,223), Jefferson (4,766), Kanawha (15,410), Lewis (1,274), Lincoln (1,572), Logan (3,262), Marion (4,614), Marshall (3,530), Mason (2,042), McDowell (1,609), Mercer (5,096), Mineral (2,969), Mingo (2,713), Monongalia (9,375), Monroe (1,194), Morgan (1,222), Nicholas (1,882), Ohio (4,300), Pendleton (723), Pleasants (959), Pocahontas (681), Preston (2,951), Putnam (5,303), Raleigh (7,007), Randolph (2,824), Ritchie (754), Roane (653), Summers (856), Taylor (1,263), Tucker (545), Tyler (738), Upshur (1,950), Wayne (3,179), Webster (541), Wetzel (1,381), Wirt (453), Wood (7,917), Wyoming (2,033).