Active COVID-19 cases slightly drop in West Virginia

Employees Report

CHARLESTON — Energetic circumstances of the COVID-19 virus dropped over 130 between Monday and Tuesday, in line with the Tuesday pandemic replace by the West Virginia Division of Well being and Human Sources.

The company reported 1,830 lively circumstances statewide on Tuesday, down from the 1,964 tabulated in Monday’s report. Instances haven’t been within the 2,000 vary because the first of March.

A drop of virtually 1 / 4 additionally was reported Tuesday in Wooden County the place 22 circumstances have been listed, down from 30 on Monday, the division mentioned.

Present lively circumstances in native counties as of Tuesday (earlier day) have been: Calhoun 2 (3), Doddridge 3 (7), Gilmer 2 (2), Jackson 8 (12), Pleasants 1 (2), Ritchie 15 (12), Roane 7 (9), Tyler 5 (11), Wetzel 4 (5) and Wirt 2 (3).

Eight extra deaths have been reported on Tuesday, elevating the toll because the pandemic started greater than two years in the past to six,903. 4 deaths have been from the info reconciliation with demise certificates by the Bureau of Public Well being.

The division Tuesday confirmed the deaths of a 64-year-old man from Berkeley County, a 58-year-old lady from Lincoln County, a 94-year-old lady from Marion County and a 91-year-old lady from Cabell County.

Reconciliation deaths have been a 69-year-old man from Marion County, a 75-year-old lady from Mineral County, a 63-year-old man from Ohio County and a 78-year-old lady from Logan County. The deaths occurred in March and April.

“As we lengthen our sympathies to those households, we should do all the pieces we will to cease the pandemic,” mentioned division Secretary Invoice J. Crouch. “Please assist comprise the unfold by getting vaccinated or boosted.”

Statewide hospitalizations have been at 133, 65 unvaccinated, on Tuesday. Twenty-one sufferers have been in an intensive care unit, seven unvaccinated, and 9 have been on a ventilator, six unvaccinated.

One pediatric hospitalization was reported.

Twenty-two counties together with Ritchie and Tyler counties are yellow on the County Alert System Map, second lowest stage based mostly on an infection charges. Twenty-six counties have been yellow on Monday.

All different counties are inexperienced, lowest stage.

Fourteen employees and 18 inmates have been reported as lively circumstances, the Division of Corrections mentioned. Three inmate circumstances are on the North Central Regional Jail.