| The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources says 3,001 West Virginians have now died in connection to COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The first death related to the virus was reported on March 29, 2020.
Health officials confirmed the deaths of four more West Virginians including a 27-year-old male from Roane County.
The state is also reporting 970 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the state to a total of 176,608 cases throughout the pandemic. Of those cases, 8,175 are currently active.
This number is almost 10 times greater than the stateâs most recent low of 882 active cases reported on July 9.
According to the WV DHHR, the total number of Delta variant cases is currently at 458, likely undereported with 2,506 U.K. (Alpha) variant cases, eight South African (Beta) variant cases and 32 Brazilian (Gamma) variant cases.
Health officials say 421 West Virginians are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Of those patients, 133 are in the ICU and 51 are on ventilators.
The state has received a total of 3,259,238 confirmatory lab results for COVID-19 with a current daily percent positivity rate of 7.71% and a cumulative percent of 5.02%. A total of 165,432 West Virginians have recovered from the virus.
The WV DHHR says 70.2% of eligible West Virginians have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 57.6% have been fully vaccinated. Those in the Mountain State who are 12 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the County Alert System map, only Calhoun and Tucker counties are in green.
Calhoun appears to have nine new cases since last Friday.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 per county:
Barbour (1,707), Berkeley (13,794), Boone (2,289), Braxton (1,112), Brooke (2,324), Cabell (9,807), Calhoun (424), Clay (597), Doddridge (677), Fayette (3,869), Gilmer (958), Grant (1,369), Greenbrier (3,028), Hampshire (2,021), Hancock (2,952), Hardy (1,653), Harrison (6,640), Jackson (2,409), Jefferson (5,072), Kanawha (16,455), Lewis (1,542), Lincoln (1,741), Logan (3,527), Marion (5,007), Marshall (3,867), Mason (2,288), McDowell (1,778), Mercer (5,601), Mineral (3,107), Mingo (2,936), Monongalia (9,851), Monroe (1,304), Morgan (1,358), Nicholas (2,062), Ohio (4,626), Pendleton (741), Pleasants (1,009), Pocahontas (747), Preston (3,062), Putnam (5,800), Raleigh (7,620), Randolph (3,159), Ritchie (805), Roane (735), Summers (907), Taylor (1,429), Tucker (597), Tyler (819), Upshur (2,350), Wayne (3,523), Webster (650), Wetzel (1,596), Wirt (489), Wood (8,539), Wyoming (2,279). |
