CHARLESTON, W.Va. — COVID-19 hospitalizations and active cases continue to go down in West Virginia, according to the latest report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).
The agency confirmed 2,049 active cases of the coronavirus Thursday, down from 2,143 reported Wednesday. That level of active cases in the state is the lowest since July 28 of last year when the number was under 2,000.
There are 444 patients in the hospital due to the coronavirus with 108 in the ICU and 60 patients on a vent. All three of those numbers are down from Wednesday’s report. It’s the lowest level of hospitalizations in West Virginia due to COVID-19 since mid-August of last year.
Due to technical issues, the DHHR’s dashboard had not been updated Thursday morning.
The DHHR confirmed 46 additional deaths on Thursday including a 60-year old female from Kanawha County, a 78-year old male from Doddridge County, an 82-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 97-year old male from Kanawha County, an 81-year old female from Marion County, a 73-year old female from Kanawha County, a 39-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 71-year old male from Jackson County, an 80-year old male from Mason County, a 73-year old female from Harrison County, and a 64-year old male from Taylor County.
Included in the total deaths reported on the dashboard as a result of the Bureau for Public Health’s continuing data reconciliation with the official death certificate are a 69-year old female from Wyoming County, a 68-year old male from Monongalia County, a 70-year old female from Cabell County, a 77-year old male from Ohio County, a 77-year old male from Boone County, an 82-year old female from Harrison County, an 84-year old male from Monongalia County, a 68-year old female from Raleigh County, an 83-year old male from Wayne County, a 61-year old male from Brooke County, an 80-year old female from Wayne County, an 82-year old female from Jefferson County, a 60-year old male from Boone County, a 59-year old male from Wetzel County, a 76-year old female from Marshall County, a 74-year old female from Morgan County, a 65-year old female from Fayette County, an 86-year old male from Jefferson County, a 66-year old female from Kanawha County, an 83-year old female from Mercer County, an 83-year old male from Randolph County, a 93-year old female from Harrison County, a 79-year old female from Marion County, an 89-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 69-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 95-year old male from Raleigh County, a 77-year old male from Wayne County, a 73-year old female from Summers County, a 48-year old female from Wayne County, a 42-year old male from Mingo County, a 70-year old female from Kanawha County, a 72-year old male from Lincoln County, a 78-year old female from Putnam County, a 74-year old male from Wyoming County, and an 85-year old male from Hancock County.
These deaths range from December 2021 through February 2022, with one death occurring in December 2020.
The COVID-19 death total in West Virginia is 6,427.
“As we remember and honor each life lost to COVID-19, I urge every West Virginian to be vaccinated and boosted against this deadly virus,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary in a release.
Current active COVID-19 cases per county: Barbour (25), Berkeley (78), Boone (21), Braxton (21), Brooke (25), Cabell (92), Calhoun (15), Clay (9), Doddridge (9), Fayette (69), Gilmer (2), Grant (7), Greenbrier (49), Hampshire (26), Hancock (10), Hardy (12), Harrison (121), Jackson (20), Jefferson (37), Kanawha (153), Lewis (12), Lincoln (20), Logan (48), Marion (95), Marshall (20), Mason (39), McDowell (44), Mercer (105), Mineral (16), Mingo (40), Monongalia (103), Monroe (19), Morgan (7), Nicholas (71), Ohio (20), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (10), Pocahontas (6), Preston (53), Putnam (43), Raleigh (94), Randolph (28), Ritchie (16), Roane (12), Summers (14), Taylor (37), Tucker (10), Tyler (6), Upshur (50), Wayne (40), Webster (18), Wetzel (20), Wirt (5), Wood (81), Wyoming (45). 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 March 3, 2022, there are currently 2,049 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 46 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,427 deaths attributed to COVID-19. https://t.co/U4GRUX19Qz pic.twitter.com/hXnB3sRphN
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • 😷 (@WV_DHHR) March 3, 2022