CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources recorded three additional COVID-19 deaths in case information released by the agency Wednesday morning.
The new deaths include an 87-year old male from Webster County, an 87-year old female from Fayette County, and a 54-year old male from Logan County.
Total deaths are now at 2,939.
Active COVID-19 cases continue to increase. There were 1,758 active cases Wednesday after 196 cases were added.
Hospitalizations are now at 127, the highest number of patients since 132 people were in the hospital on June 11. Patients in ICU are now at 53, the highest number since June 10.
Vaccination rates haven’t moved much in recent days. The state’s dashboard says 56.3% of state residents over the age of 12 have been fully vaccinated.
DHHR reports as of July 28, 2021, there have been 3,110,060 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 166,493 total cases and 2,939 total deaths. https://t.co/4qpfvUgEOD pic.twitter.com/mOK6102wTR
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) July 28, 2021
Overall confirmed COVID-19 cases per county include: Barbour (1,536), Berkeley (13,029), Boone (2,201), Braxton (1,047), Brooke (2,269), Cabell (9,049), Calhoun (403), Clay (544), Doddridge (653), Fayette (3,629), Gilmer (893), Grant (1,320), Greenbrier (2,921), Hampshire (1,939), Hancock (2,870), Hardy (1,591), Harrison (6,321), Jackson (2,293), Jefferson (4,855), Kanawha (15,663), Lewis (1,346), Lincoln (1,615), Logan (3,332), Marion (4,745), Marshall (3,590), Mason (2,123), McDowell (1,661), Mercer (5,273), Mineral (3,010), Mingo (2,808), Monongalia (9,493), Monroe (1,238), Morgan (1,267), Nicholas (1,951), Ohio (4,368), Pendleton (726), Pleasants (963), Pocahontas (689), Preston (2,975), Putnam (5,445), Raleigh (7,163), Randolph (2,884), Ritchie (772), Roane (671), Summers (870), Taylor (1,322), Tucker (550), Tyler (759), Upshur (2,021), Wayne (3,223), Webster (593), Wetzel (1,417), Wirt (469), Wood (8,033), Wyoming (2,102).