CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active cases of COVID-19 moved back above the 9,000 mark in Wednesday’s numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
There are now 9,478 cases following the addition of 1,976 new cases during the past 24 hours. The agency also confirmed 18 additional COVID-related deaths.
The deaths include a 67-year old female from Marshall County, a 66-year old female from Hampshire County, a 76-year old female from Kanawha County, a 77-year old male from Monongalia County, a 64-year old male from Harrison County, an 80-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 75-year old male from Raleigh County, a 93-year old male from Raleigh County, a 46-year old male from Barbour County, a 77-year old female from Hardy County, a 79-year old male from Harrison County, a 61-year old male from Fayette County, a 61-year old female from Kanawha County, a 71-year old female from Cabell County, an 84-year old male from Tucker County, an 83-year old female from Kanawha County, a 72-year old female from Monongalia County, and a 76-year old female from Clay County.
Twenty-six of the state’s 55 counties are now listed in the high spread category of ‘red’ on the COVID-19 daily alert map, including Kanawha County with a 43.3 infection rate and 8.24% positivity rate.
The DHHR dashboard listed hospitalizations at 635 Wednesday morning with 194 patients in intensive care.
DHHR reports as of December 29, 2021, there are currently 9,478 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 18 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,305* deaths attributed to COVID-19. https://t.co/Vib2MkHdKP pic.twitter.com/Hp5r16oyJ8
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) December 29, 2021
Active cases per county include: Barbour (74), Berkeley (1,385), Boone (85), Braxton (78), Brooke (87), Cabell (519), Calhoun (28), Clay (28), Doddridge (20), Fayette (239), Gilmer (42), Grant (55), Greenbrier (199), Hampshire (72), Hancock (106), Hardy (81), Harrison (358), Jackson (93), Jefferson (597), Kanawha (657), Lewis (72), Lincoln (88), Logan (158), Marion (266), Marshall (129), Mason (96), McDowell (94), Mercer (407), Mineral (121), Mingo (129), Monongalia (416), Monroe (94), Morgan (148), Nicholas (153), Ohio (242), Pendleton (17), Pleasants (27), Pocahontas (24), Preston (123), Putnam (327), Raleigh (375), Randolph (105), Ritchie (31), Roane (50), Summers (69), Taylor (96), Tucker (8), Tyler (24), Upshur (76), Wayne (180), Webster (29), Wetzel (65), Wirt (22), Wood (281), Wyoming (133).