CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) confirmed 12 pediatric COVID-19 cases hospitalized in its Wednesday report, which is new information provided on the dashboard.
Hospitalized cases, cases in ICU and cases on a vent are now broken down into a pediatric category on the DHHR’s dashboard. Three of the 12 pediatric patients in the hospital are in the ICU. None are on a vent.
“Information on pediatric hospitalization cases is now posted on the hospital tab of the COVID-19 dashboard including confirmed hospitalizations, confirmed ICU cases and confirmed cases on a ventilator,”Dr. Ayne Amjad, State Health Officer and Commissioner of DHHR’s Bureau for Public Health said in a statement to MetroNews.
“We’d like to thank the West Virginia Hospital Association for providing us with this information to share with the public.”
The DHHR also confirmed on its dashboard that 605 of its 803 hospitalized cases, 75.3%, are unvaccinated. 86.4% of the 220 cases in the ICU, 190, are unvaccinated, and 92.2% of the 128 cases requiring a vent, 118, are unvaccinated.
The agency confirmed 29 new deaths in its Wednesday report. Deaths include an 89-year old male from Hancock County, an 85-year old male from Pleasants County, an 85-year old male from Mercer County, a 68-year old female from Nicholas County, a 93-year old female from Wood County, a 61-year old female from Upshur County, a 43-year old female from Raleigh County, a 46-year old male from Nicholas County, a 73-year old male from Wood County, a 71-year old male from Nicholas County, a 58-year old female from Putnam County, a 69-year old female from Marion County, an 83-year old female from Raleigh County, a 77-year old female from Marion County, a 43-year old female from Raleigh County, a 70-year old male from Wood County, a 59-year old female from Taylor County, an 88-year old female from Summers County, a 79-year old female from Wood County, a 69-year old female from Raleigh County, a 67-year old male from Mingo County, a 72-year old male from Marshall County, a 74-year old female from Lewis County, a 63-year old male from Raleigh County, a 77-year old male from Mercer County, a 71-year old male from Raleigh County, an 86-year old female from Wyoming County, an 84-year old female from Raleigh County, and a 51-year old female from Cabell County.
“We join the families in mourning the passing of these West Virginians,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Please protect one another by getting vaccinated today.”
Active cases rose to 13,607 on Wedensday. Tuesday’s figure was 13,268.
Active cases per county: Barbour (58), Berkeley (1,580), Boone (137), Braxton (83), Brooke (129), Cabell (795), Calhoun (33), Clay (48), Doddridge (22), Fayette (292), Gilmer (18), Grant (74), Greenbrier (239), Hampshire (136), Hancock (214), Hardy (103), Harrison (414), Jackson (73), Jefferson (801), Kanawha (1,284), Lewis (74), Lincoln (127), Logan (184), Marion (420), Marshall (281), Mason (108), McDowell (94), Mercer (372), Mineral (288), Mingo (126), Monongalia (998), Monroe (89), Morgan (147), Nicholas (91), Ohio (449), Pendleton (37), Pleasants (44), Pocahontas (15), Preston (187), Putnam (440), Raleigh (799), Randolph (175), Ritchie (36), Roane (60), Summers (67), Taylor (98), Tucker (12), Tyler (39), Upshur (125), Wayne (200), Webster (25), Wetzel (120), Wirt (20), Wood (603), Wyoming (124). To find the cumulative cases per county, please visit www.coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Summary tab which is sortable by county.
DHHR reports as of January 12, 2022, there are currently 13,607 COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 29 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,481 deaths attributed to COVID-19.https://t.co/aVEDMdTe1q pic.twitter.com/B8J48aJA5O
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) January 12, 2022