THURSDAY WV COVID-19 UPDATE: 940 NEW CASES, 14 DEATHS - Calhoun Has Six New Cases This Week

(01/22/2021)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 940 new COVID-19 cases and 14 additional deaths in its report on Thursday.

Calhoun has six new cases this week, with highest number peaking two weeks ago at 28.

The DHHR announced 857 new COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths in its report on Wednesday.

The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 21, there have been a total of 1,801,381 (+16,594) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 112,617 (+940) total cases and 1,849 (+14) of those cases resulting in deaths.

A report from Wednesday, January 20, when 21 deaths were added to the state’s death count, a 75-year old male from Pleasants County has been determined to be a duplicate and therefore reduced the total deaths to 1,835 prior to today’s report.

According to the DHHR’s COVID-19 dashboard, there are currently 25,737 (-480) active cases and 85,031 (+1,407) recovered cases in the state.

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

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1,030), Berkeley (8,289), Boone (1,338), Braxton (718), Brooke (1,811), Cabell (6,604), Calhoun (194), Clay (310), Doddridge (375), Fayette (2,218), Gilmer (542), Grant (936), Greenbrier (2,100), Hampshire (1,278), Hancock (2,360), Hardy (1,119), Harrison (4,157), Jackson (1,526), Jefferson (3,072), Kanawha (10,483), Lewis (746), Lincoln (1,065), Logan (2,169), Marion (3,023), Marshall (2,612), Mason (1,432), McDowell (1,166), Mercer (3,754), Mineral (2,337), Mingo (1,803), Monongalia (6,648), Monroe (839), Morgan (833), Nicholas (966), Ohio (3,180), Pendleton (505), Pleasants (734), Pocahontas (529), Preston (2,305), Putnam (3,588), Raleigh (3,797), Randolph (2,032), Ritchie (516), Roane (421), Summers (642), Taylor (932), Tucker (427), Tyler (522), Upshur (1,333), Wayne (2,157), Webster (225), Wetzel (930), Wirt (305), Wood (6,227), Wyoming (1,457).