CHARLESTON, W.Va. — COVID-19 hospitalizations in West Virginia fell below 400 while active cases also continued to decrease Tuesday.
The state Department and Health and Human Resources reported 1,582 active cases and 18 new deaths.
Total number of deaths is now 6,470.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 72-year old male from Berkeley County, a 51-year old female from Lincoln County, an 82-year old male from Mineral County, a 95-year old male from Kanawha County, a 71-year old female from Clay County, a 78-year old male from Berkeley County, a 73-year old female from Cabell County, a 70-year old male from McDowell County, a 72-year old male from Jackson County, an 86-year old female from Mason County, a 79-year old male from Logan County, and a 59-year old female from Kanawha 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 56-year old female from Hancock County, a 61-year old female from Berkeley County, a 68-year old female from Berkeley County, a 70-year old female from Lincoln County, a 45-year old male from Morgan County, and an 83-year old male from Fayette County. These deaths range from Dec. 2021 through Feb. 2022.
DHHR reports as of March 8, 2022, there are currently 1,582 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 18 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,470 deaths attributed to COVID-19. https://t.co/eHRH8G118m pic.twitter.com/YoQyfKwtxA
— WV DH, DHF, and DoHS (@WV_DH_DHF_DoHS) March 8, 2022
Hospitalizations include 397 patients with 99 in the ICU and 55 on ventilators.
All but six counties in West Virginia were in the “green” on the DHHR’s COVID-19 County Alert Map, indicating a slow rate of spread.
Current active cases in each county include: Barbour (22), Berkeley (65), Boone (13), Braxton (16), Brooke (16), Cabell (61), Calhoun (9), Clay (20), Doddridge (1), Fayette (71), Gilmer (2), Grant (5), Greenbrier (48), Hampshire (7), Hancock (11), Hardy (8), Harrison (85), Jackson (15), Jefferson (18), Kanawha (120), Lewis (10), Lincoln (22), Logan (20), Marion (93), Marshall (47), Mason (18), McDowell (37), Mercer (80), Mineral (17), Mingo (29), Monongalia (70), Monroe (16), Morgan (4), Nicholas (39), Ohio (20), Pendleton (4), Pleasants (5), Pocahontas (15), Preston (47), Putnam (44), Raleigh (52), Randolph (14), Ritchie (10), Roane (5), Summers (12), Taylor (24), Tucker (15), Tyler (13), Upshur (34), Wayne (15), Webster (32), Wetzel (13), Wirt (6), Wood (54), Wyoming (33). 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.