CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active COVID-19 cases continue to fall as deaths related to the virus near 6,600.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported Tuesday 1,092 active cases and 39 new deaths, bringing the death total to 6,598.
DHHR reports as of March 15, 2022, there are currently 1,092 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 39 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,598 deaths attributed to COVID-19.https://t.co/2OQ4EWEvQx pic.twitter.com/c65IpszKxh
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The DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 61-year old male from Kanawha County, an 82-year old male from Cabell County, a 91-year old female from Clay County, a 63-year old male from Wyoming County, a 75-year old female from Kanawha County, a 75-year old male from Berkeley County, a 68-year old female from Berkeley County, a 77-year old male from Jefferson County, an 82-year old male from Cabell County, and a 57-year old female from Berkeley 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 92-year old female from Marion County, a 65-year old male from Lincoln County, an 88-year old male from Kanawha County, a 94-year old female from Cabell County, a 77-year old male from Randolph County, a 74-year old male from Fayette County, an 80-year old female from Ohio County, a 49-year old male from Kanawha County, an 83-year old male from Wayne County, an 85-year old male from Randolph County, a 71-year old male from Logan County, an 87-year old female from Raleigh County, a 76-year old female from Mercer County, a 74-year old male from Raleigh County, a 57-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 93-year old female from Fayette County, an 83-year old female from Wayne County, a 60-year old male from Ritchie County, an 81-year old male from Kanawha County, an 87-year old female from Upshur County, an 84-year old female from Lincoln County, an 80-year old female from Ohio County, a 71-year old male from Kanawha County, a 98-year old male from Mercer County, an 80-year old female from Monroe County, a 67-year old male from Boone County, a 69-year old female from Cabell County, a 64-year old male from McDowell County, and a 43-year old female from Berkeley County. These deaths range from January 2022 through March 2022.
Hospitalizations remain below 300 and are now at 262. There are 72 patients in the ICU and 44 patients on ventilators.
The entire state except for Mingo and Webster counties remain in the “green” on the DHHR’s COVID-19 County Alert Map.