SATURDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT: 1,475 NEW CASES, 28 DEATHS - Calhoun Has 18 New Cases This Week

(01/17/2021)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 1,475 new COVID-19 cases and 28 additional deaths in its report on Saturday.

The DHHR confirmed 1,430 new COVID-19 cases and 31 additional deaths in its report on Friday.

Calhoun has 18 cases since last Sunday.

The previous week says 28 new Calhoun cases.

Calhoun was in red, highest rate, for the first time this week.

The COVID-19 vaccines appear to be coming to a dribble in the USA as India is vaccinating its 1.3 billion people, ending a year of US political polarization against the pandemic.

Rural W.Va. counties are seeing little or no vaccines as demand grows. while US polling indicates that just over 50% of population is willing to take the vaccine.

The nation's epidemiologists say millions of does are sitting on shelves.

The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 16, there have been a total of 1,738,808 (+27,012) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 108,124 (+1,475) total cases and 1,761 (+28) of those cases resulting in deaths.

According to the DHHR’s COVID-19 dashboard, there are currently 27,254 (+238) active cases.

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

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (987), Berkeley (7,920), Boone (1,282), Braxton (674), Brooke (1,735), Cabell (6,383), Calhoun (187), Clay (300), Doddridge (342), Fayette (2,143), Gilmer (531), Grant (916), Greenbrier (2,024), Hampshire (1,217), Hancock (2,291), Hardy (1,078), Harrison (3,935), Jackson (1,452), Jefferson (2,964), Kanawha (10,176), Lewis (714), Lincoln (1015), Logan (2,104), Marion (2,801), Marshall (2,534), Mason (1,316), McDowell (1,131), Mercer (3,663), Mineral (2,305), Mingo (1,735), Monongalia (6,401), Monroe (793), Morgan (811), Nicholas (925), Ohio (3,025), Pendleton (450), Pleasants (710), Pocahontas (501), Preston (2,206), Putnam (3,475), Raleigh (3,594), Randolph (1,921), Ritchie (492), Roane (393), Summers (625), Taylor (889), Tucker (416), Tyler (481), Upshur (1,260), Wayne (2,089), Webster (219), Wetzel (873), Wirt (288), Wood (6,033), Wyoming (1,399).