CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported 13 additional COVID-19 deaths in Friday’s dashboard update.
The deaths include a 66-year old male from Mineral County, a 73-year old male from Jefferson County, an 83-year old male from Jefferson County, a 57-year old male from Raleigh County, a 33-year old female from Monroe County, a 58-year old female from Mason County, a 79-year old female from Monongalia County, a 68-year old male from Doddridge County, a 78-year old male from Wood County, an 86-year old female from Jefferson County, a 63-year old male from Taylor County, an 88-year old male from Jefferson County, and an 83-year old female from Harrison County.
The DHHR now lists total deaths at 5,516.
There are also 5,061 new cases confirmed in the past 24 hours. Active cases now stand at 17,364.
Hospitalizations were at 846 in Friday’s report including 19 pediatric patients. There are three children with COVID in intensive care. No children are being treated on ventilators. There are 130 patients on ventilators.
The state has confirmed 394 cases of the Omicron variant.
DHHR) reports as of January 14, 2022, there are currently 17,364 COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 13 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,516 deaths attributed to COVID-19.https://t.co/bfGDuzSOOh pic.twitter.com/saNCc4ipCh
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) January 14, 2022
Overall active cases per county include: Barbour (117), Berkeley (1,560), Boone (188), Braxton (94), Brooke (162), Cabell (1,066), Calhoun (53), Clay (68), Doddridge (30), Fayette (490), Gilmer (37), Grant (98), Greenbrier (345), Hampshire (181), Hancock (228), Hardy (139), Harrison (577), Jackson (98), Jefferson (858), Kanawha (1,794), Lewis (100), Lincoln (184), Logan (279), Marion (543), Marshall (296), Mason (151), McDowell (116), Mercer (476), Mineral (293), Mingo (200), Monongalia (1,079), Monroe (128), Morgan (201), Nicholas (116), Ohio (477), Pendleton (50), Pleasants (54), Pocahontas (35), Preston (199), Putnam (681), Raleigh (1,139), Randolph (289), Ritchie (56), Roane (137), Summers (86), Taylor (123), Tucker (23), Tyler (52), Upshur (180), Wayne (314), Webster (50), Wetzel (138), Wirt (46), Wood (726), Wyoming (164).