| As the first vaccines arrive, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 1,314 new COVID-19 cases and 34 additional deaths, this highest death total announced in a single day, on Tuesday as the stateâs death toll surpassed 1,000.
New cases reported for Calhoun and regional counties.
The DHHR announced 1,177 new COVID-19 cases and 10 additional deaths on Monday, as the stateâs active case total surpassed 21,000 for the first time.
The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 15, there have been a total of 1,330,401 (+9,071) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 65,708 (+1,314) total cases and 1,012 (+34) of those cases resulting in deaths. Among the newly reported deaths were a total of four north central West Virginia residents. This is also the highest number of deaths announced in a single day by the DHHR since the pandemic began.
The DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 52-year old male from Ritchie County, a 94-year old female from Harrison County, a 41-year old female from Berkeley County, a 66-year old female from Cabell County, an 86-year old male from Monroe County, an 86-year old female from Monongalia County, a 72-year old female from Hardy County, a 72-year old female from Wayne County, a 76-year old female from Fayette County, a 92-year old female from Kanawha County, an 89-year old male from Greenbrier County, an 89-year old male from Mineral County, a 92-year old male from Hardy County, a 96-year old male from Mineral County, an 80-year old female from Mineral County, a 78-year old male from Mineral County, an 82-year old female from Mason County, a 78-year old male from Taylor County, a 78-year old male from Hancock County, a 67-year old female from Mineral County, an 89-year old female from Putnam County, a 63-year old female from Pleasants County, a 74-year old female from Morgan County, a 50-year old male from Marshall County, an 84-year old male from Roane County, a 63-year old female from Mercer County, a 94-year old female from Cabell County, an 81-year old female from Cabell County, a 78-year old female from Jackson County, a 68-year old male from Summers County, a 76-year old male from Kanawha County, a 79-year old female from Kanawha County, an 83-year old female from Kanawha County, and a 92-year old male from Kanawha County.
According to the DHHRâs COVID-19 dashboard, there are currently 21,091 (+15) active cases and 43,605 (+1,265) recovered cases in the state.
Listed below are the total numbers of COVID-19 cases per county, according to the DHHRâs latest report:
CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (564), Berkeley (4,652), Boone (820), Braxton (178), Brooke (1,045), Cabell (4,047), Calhoun (112), Clay (200), Doddridge (175), Fayette (1,399), *Gilmer (256), Grant (600), Greenbrier (945), Hampshire (664), Hancock (1,337), Hardy (548), Harrison (2,076), Jackson (920), Jefferson (1,874), Kanawha (7,213), Lewis (347), Lincoln (564), Logan (1,236), Marion (1,286), Marshall (1,693), Mason (815), McDowell (752), Mercer (1,905), Mineral (1,857), Mingo (1,143), Monongalia (4,256), Monroe (485), Morgan (476), Nicholas (512), Ohio (2,043), Pendleton (188), Pleasants (211), Pocahontas (300), Preston (1,111), Putnam (2,505), Raleigh (2,104), Randolph (927), Ritchie (262), Roane (243), Summers (331), Taylor (507), Tucker (242), Tyler (242), Upshur (644), Wayne (1,358), Webster (112), Wetzel (533), Wirt (161), Wood (3,761), Wyoming (971}. |
