| The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources says active cases have gone up again for the second consecutive day in a row with 14,014 cases now active.
This comes after a sharp spike down from the pandemic record of 29,744 on Sept. 16 to 13,344 on Wednesday.
According to the WV DHHR, 1,645 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours bringing the state to a total of 242,104 cases throughout the pandemic. The state now has a total of 3,354 Delta variant cases of COVID-19 confirmed.
Health officials also say 52 more West Virginians have died in connection to COVID-19, including six people between the ages of 30 and 50.
The WV DHHR confirmed 35 of these deaths within the past 24 hours, a 77-year old male from Ritchie County, a 55-year old female from Braxton County, a 60-year old male from Ritchie County, a 60-year old female from Roane County, a 95-year old female from Braxton County.
A total of 972 West Virginians are currently hospitalized with 281 people in the ICU and 188 on ventilators.
The state has a current daily percent positivity rate of 10.83% and a current cumulative rate of 5.89% A total of 224,368 West Virginians have recovered from the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists all 55 West Virginian Counties as having a high risk for community transmission of COVID-19.
Current active COVID-19 cases per county include:
Barbour (115), Berkeley (805), Boone (217), Braxton (136), Brooke (99), Cabell (760), Calhoun (33), Clay (39), Doddridge (65), Fayette (331), Gilmer (39), Grant (100), Greenbrier (288), Hampshire (143), Hancock (222), Hardy (97), Harrison (812), Jackson (261), Jefferson (294), Kanawha (1,114), Lewis (223), Lincoln (150), Logan (308), Marion (618), Marshall (232), Mason (176), McDowell (240), Mercer (561), Mineral (261), Mingo (273), Monongalia (325), Monroe (62), Morgan (108), Nicholas (222), Ohio (202), Pendleton (29), Pleasants (68), Pocahontas (35), Preston (400), Putnam (492), Raleigh (529), Randolph (101), Ritchie (102), Roane (158), Summers (108), Taylor (138), Tucker (33), Tyler (107), Upshur (193), Wayne (393), Webster (48), Wetzel (158), Wirt (59), Wood (759), Wyoming (173). |
