| The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported 411 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and three new deaths.
Calhoun today with a weekly total of of 30 cases. Last weeks total was 33. Record highs for the county.
A number of Calhoun citizens and former citizens are in intensive care, some in their 40s, including adults and athletes attending the girl's state basketball play-off.
The CDC announced that people who are fully vaccinated will no longer have to wear a mask, with exceptions. Those who are not need to wear a mask.
A problem with public places, they will not know those who are fully vaccinated, while mandating masks.
âCOVID-19 has hurt far too many West Virginia families,â state DHHR Secretary Bill Crouch. âBuilding community immunity is our not-so-secret weapon to ending the pandemic. I urge all who are eligible to schedule a COVID-19 vaccine.â
Active cases were listed at 6,716 Thursday. Hospitalizations have risen slightly at 272 patients with 85 of them in intensive care.
Forty-six percent of the stateâs overall population has now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Overall confirmed cases per county include: Barbour (1,436), Berkeley (12,397), Boone (2,043), Braxton (932), Brooke (2,196), Cabell (8,701), Calhoun (347), Clay (506), Doddridge (599), Fayette (3,448), Gilmer (857), Grant (1,279), Greenbrier (2,806), Hampshire (1,837), Hancock (2,805), Hardy (1,529), Harrison (5,732), Jackson (2,125), Jefferson (4,620), Kanawha (14,976), Lewis (1,199), Lincoln (1,478), Logan (3,138), Marion (4,454), Marshall (3,468), Mason (2,006), McDowell (1,573), Mercer (4,856), Mineral (2,860), Mingo (2,579), Monongalia (9,203), Monroe (1,140), Morgan (1,184), Nicholas (1,704), Ohio (4,216), Pendleton (703), Pleasants (893), Pocahontas (663), Preston (2,912), Putnam (5,166), Raleigh (6,790), Randolph (2,610), Ritchie (708), Roane (633), Summers (825), Taylor (1,229), Tucker (528), Tyler (718), Upshur (1,875), Wayne (3,098), Webster (490), Wetzel (1,345), Wirt (425), Wood (7,788), Wyoming (1,998).
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