CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active COVID-19 cases remained steady in West Virginia in Thursday’s report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
Current cases are now at 11,629 which is about 300 more than Wednesday’s report. The DHHR has confirmed 1,525 new COVID cases in the past 24 hours.
The agency is also reporting 27 additional COVID deaths including an 80-year old male from Mercer County, a 78-year old female from Wood County, a 73-year old female from Raleigh County, a 65-year old female from Hancock County, a 62-year old male from Taylor County, a 65-year old male from Preston County, a 75-year old male from Nicholas County, a 37-year old female from Mercer County, a 75-year old female from Raleigh County, a 63-year old female from Preston County, a 68-year old female from Ohio County, a 75-year old male from Morgan County, a 70-year old male from McDowell County, a 44-year old female from Summers County, a 91-year old male from Hancock County, a 73-year old female from Mercer County, a 65-year old female from Lewis County, a 72-year old male from Raleigh County, a 49-year old female from Nicholas County, a 39-year old male from Monongalia County, a 77-year old male from Wood County, an 88-year old male from Kanawha County, a 90-year old male from Raleigh County, a 72-year old male from McDowell County, an 84-year old female from Kanawha County, a 93-year old female from Randolph County, and an 83-year old male from Mercer County.
Total deaths associated from COVID-19 in West Virginia have increased to 3,866.
Hospitalizations also remained steady Thursday at 892 with 260 patients in ICU and 179 on ventilators.
DHHR reports as of October 7, 2021, there are currently 11,629 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 27 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 3,866 deaths attributed to COVID-19. https://t.co/Jv399iRWgr pic.twitter.com/yYv7YGDaPP
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) October 7, 2021
Current active cases per county include: Barbour (64), Berkeley (769), Boone (184), Braxton (88), Brooke (83), Cabell (612), Calhoun (25), Clay (45), Doddridge (96), Fayette (287), Gilmer (56), Grant (104), Greenbrier (173), Hampshire (85), Hancock (168), Hardy (91), Harrison (728), Jackson (202), Jefferson (243), Kanawha (1,029), Lewis (153), Lincoln (155), Logan (212), Marion (538), Marshall (201), Mason (172), McDowell (199), Mercer (426), Mineral (211), Mingo (152), Monongalia (288), Monroe (57), Morgan (76), Nicholas (195), Ohio (148), Pendleton (22), Pleasants (34), Pocahontas (30), Preston (300), Putnam (432), Raleigh (398), Randolph (98), Ritchie (92), Roane (138), Summers (42), Taylor (102), Tucker (44), Tyler (61), Upshur (164), Wayne (316), Webster (71), Wetzel (130), Wirt (40), Wood (642), Wyoming (158).