CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active cases for COVID-19 increased in West Virginia Wednesday for the first time since May 5.
According to the state Department of Health and Human Resources, new cases outpaced recovered cases by 16.
The agency confirmed 78 new cases in the past 24 hours along with seven additional deaths.
The deaths include a 75-year old male from Barbour County, a 68-year old female from Raleigh County, an 82-year old female from Kanawha County, a 63-year old male from Kanawha County, a 72-year old female from Mercer County, a 64-year old male from Nicholas County, and an 80-year old female from Jefferson County.
Total deaths are now listed at 2,916.
Hospitalizations have increased by 21 in the past week. The DHHR listed hospitalizations at 83 Wednesday.
The dashboard also says 55.5% of state residents 12 and older have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The one dose number of that age group is 66.9%.
DHHR reports as of July 14, 2021, there have been 3,056,269 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 164,763 total cases and 2,916 total deaths. https://t.co/IY0fB1HUFU pic.twitter.com/NXFt5sbSOU
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) July 14, 2021
Overall confirmed cases per county include: Barbour (1,517), Berkeley (12,913), Boone (2,185), Braxton (1,023), Brooke (2,250), Cabell (8,935), Calhoun (398), Clay (544), Doddridge (647), Fayette (3,563), Gilmer (889), Grant (1,319), Greenbrier (2,913), Hampshire (1,933), Hancock (2,846), Hardy (1,586), Harrison (6,226), Jackson (2,270), Jefferson (4,812), Kanawha (15,539), Lewis (1,313), Lincoln (1,608), Logan (3,308), Marion (4,669), Marshall (3,542), Mason (2,072), McDowell (1,639), Mercer (5,219), Mineral (2,997), Mingo (2,778), Monongalia (9,410), Monroe (1,226), Morgan (1,245), Nicholas (1,914), Ohio (4,319), Pendleton (726), Pleasants (959), Pocahontas (684), Preston (2,965), Putnam (5,366), Raleigh (7,110), Randolph (2,863), Ritchie (763), Roane (668), Summers (866), Taylor (1,291), Tucker (548), Tyler (751), Upshur (1,986), Wayne (3,187), Webster (561), Wetzel (1,400), Wirt (465), Wood (7,967), Wyoming (2,070).