COVID-19 hospitalizations drop toward 100 mark

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported a 10-month low in COVID-19 hospitalizations Tuesday at 119 patients.

That’s the lowest number of COVID-19 patients since Aug. 4, 2020 when there were 115.

Patients being treated in ICU are now at 41, the lowest number since March.

Active COVID-19 cases fell to 2,710 in Tuesday’s report.

There have now been 2,856 deaths in West Virginia. Three were added in Tuesday’s report including an 88-year old male from Berkeley County, a 49-year old female from Raleigh County, and a 61-year old male from Logan County.

Vaccination numbers from the Centers for Disease Control show 50.3% of those 12 and older in West Virginia have been fully vaccinated. More than 61% of that age group have received at least one dose of vaccine.

Total coronavirus cases per county include:

Barbour (1,512), Berkeley (12,791), Boone (2,170), Braxton (1,001), Brooke (2,246), Cabell (8,856), Calhoun (381), Clay (541), Doddridge (636), Fayette (3,544), Gilmer (881), Grant (1,306), Greenbrier (2,882), Hampshire (1,917), Hancock (2,839), Hardy (1,566), Harrison (6,134), Jackson (2,224), Jefferson (4,777), Kanawha (15,452), Lewis (1,275), Lincoln (1,588), Logan (3,268), Marion (4,623), Marshall (3,533), Mason (2,047), McDowell (1,612), Mercer (5,105), Mineral (2,971), Mingo (2,722), Monongalia (9,388), Monroe (1,203), Morgan (1,223), Nicholas (1,891), Ohio (4,303), Pendleton (724), Pleasants (959), Pocahontas (680), Preston (2,954), Putnam (5,310), Raleigh (7,043), Randolph (2,840), Ritchie (755), Roane (657), Summers (857), Taylor (1,270), Tucker (545), Tyler (740), Upshur (1,956), Wayne (3,183), Webster (543), Wetzel (1,384), Wirt (456), Wood (7,922), Wyoming (2,035).





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