CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There are now 409 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the state.
Wednesday’s report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources continued the significant recent increases in hospitalizations. It’s the first time there have been more than 400 patients since Feb. 2.
There were 72 patients hospitalized with COVID a month ago. The state reached a peak of 818 patients on Jan. 5.
The DHHR also confirmed 820 new COVID cases Wednesday, helping push the number of active cases to 7,579. There were also 7 new deaths reported including a 69-year old male from Raleigh County, a 64-year old male from Putnam County, a 91-year old male from Jackson County, an 85-year old male from Webster County, an 83-year old female from Mason County, a 71-year old female from Cabell County, and an 81-year old female from Marion County.
Total deaths are now at 2,997.
The state now lists 458 cases of Delta variant.
According to the DHHR, 604 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered Tuesday.
There are 11 counties in the ‘red’ on the daily alert map representing a high rate of spread including Morgan, Hardy, Randolph, Barbour, Wetzel, Pleasants, Wood, Clay, Nicholas, Wyoming and Wayne.
DHHR reports as of August 18, 2021, there have been 3,246,888 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 175,639 total cases and 2,997 total deaths. https://t.co/wr89wNVcer pic.twitter.com/oOBQU6gfQk
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) August 18, 2021
Overall confirmed cases per county include: Barbour (1,672), Berkeley (13,702), Boone (2,287), Braxton (1,106), Brooke (2,320), Cabell (9,757), Calhoun (423), Clay (594), Doddridge (675), Fayette (3,849), Gilmer (953), Grant (1,365), Greenbrier (3,006), Hampshire (2,012), Hancock (2,944), Hardy (1,653), Harrison (6,611), Jackson (2,404), Jefferson (5,054), Kanawha (16,350), Lewis (1,524), Lincoln (1,719), Logan (3,517), Marion (4,988), Marshall (3,854), Mason (2,278), McDowell (1,761), Mercer (5,568), Mineral (3,094), Mingo (2,930), Monongalia (9,829), Monroe (1,292), Morgan (1,344), Nicholas (2,051), Ohio (4,607), Pendleton (736), Pleasants (1,007), Pocahontas (747), Preston (3,050), Putnam (5,774), Raleigh (7,563), Randolph (3,117), Ritchie (801), Roane (730), Summers (903), Taylor (1,420), Tucker (593), Tyler (813), Upshur (2,323), Wayne (3,507), Webster (648), Wetzel (1,583), Wirt (486), Wood (8,483), Wyoming (2,261).