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Active COVID cases just short of 800

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Active cases of COVID-19 continued an upward movement in updated numbers released by the state Department of Health and Human Resources Thursday.

The DHHR now lists active cases at 799. There were 275 new cases confirmed as part of Thursday’s report. The DHHR also reported four COVID-related deaths. All were death certificate reconciliation deaths.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are now at 94.

There are currently six West Virginia counties in the “yellow” designation on the state’s COVID-19 daily alert map. The rest are in “green.”

Current active cases per county include Barbour (8), Berkeley (70), Boone (11), Braxton (2), Brooke (10), Cabell (33), Calhoun (13), Clay (0), Doddridge (2), Fayette (19), Gilmer (3), Grant (4), Greenbrier (32), Hampshire (12), Hancock (10), Hardy (3), Harrison (22), Jackson (2), Jefferson (29), Kanawha (75), Lewis (1), Lincoln (12), Logan (27), Marion (28), Marshall (20), Mason (7), McDowell (9), Mercer (12), Mineral (6), Mingo (2), Monongalia (42), Monroe (10), Morgan (11),Nicholas (10), Ohio (45), Pendleton (2), Pleasants (1), Pocahontas (21), Preston (12), Putnam (32), Raleigh (63), Randolph (12), Ritchie (2), Roane (3), Summers (0), Taylor (3), Tucker (0), Tyler (0), Upshur (11), Wayne (5), Webster (0), Wetzel (8), Wirt (5), Wood (12), Wyoming (5).





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