FRIDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT: ACTIVE CASE TOTAL APPROACHING 30,000, 36 NEW DEATHS

(01/08/2021)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 1,896 new COVID-19 cases and 36 additional deaths in its report on Friday, as the active case total exceeded 28,000 for the first time.

New cases reported for Calhoun.

The DHHR confirmed 1,324 new COVID-19 cases and 37 additional deaths in its report on Thursday, as the states death passed the 1,500 milestone.

Deaths reported in Gilmer County.

The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Friday, January 8, there have been a total of 1,610,917 (+23,169) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 97,898 (+1,896) total cases and 1,554 (+36) of those cases resulting in deaths.

Listed below are the total numbers of COVID-19 cases per county, according to the DHHR’s latest report:

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (954), Berkeley (7,116), Boone (1,166), Braxton (603), Brooke (1,603), Cabell (5,879), Calhoun (163), Clay (278), Doddridge (296), Fayette (1,970), Gilmer (468), Grant (851), Greenbrier (1,761), Hampshire (1,119), Hancock (2,126), Hardy (903), Harrison (3,513), Jackson (1,328), Jefferson (2,696), Kanawha (9,466), Lewis (632), Lincoln (887), Logan (1,882), Marion (2,331), Marshall (2,318), Mason (1,164), McDowell (1,067), Mercer (3,316), Mineral (2,229), Mingo (1,606), Monongalia (5,925), Monroe (722), Morgan (725), Nicholas (793), Ohio (2,780), Pendleton (384), Pleasants (676), Pocahontas (405), Preston (1,932), Putnam (3,243), Raleigh (3,153), Randolph (1,365), Ritchie (427), Roane (343), Summers (532), Taylor (806), Tucker (399), Tyler (431), Upshur (1,153), Wayne (1,906), Webster (185), Wetzel (791), Wirt (251), Wood (5,598), Wyoming (1,282).