Youngest COVID-related death reported in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – The West Virginia Division of Well being and Human Assets (DHHR) has reported the youngest COVID-related loss of life, a 15-year previous woman from Raleigh County.

{The teenager}’s loss of life was included within the state’s COVID-19 loss of life toll on account of the Bureau for Public Well being’s persevering with knowledge reconciliation.

The primary minor to die of COVID-19 was a 17-year previous, based on the DHHR. That loss of life was reported in December of 2020.

The official loss of life certificates had been additionally reported for a 67-year previous feminine from Putnam County, an 81-year previous male from Ohio County, a 27-year previous feminine from Wayne County, a 72-year previous male from Monongalia County, and a 100-year previous feminine from Mineral County.

These deaths vary from January by means of Might 2022, with three deaths occurring  in September and December 2021.

Thursday, DHHR additionally confirmed the deaths of an 89-year previous feminine from Greenbrier County, a 77-year previous male from Greenbrier County, and a 67-year previous male from Jefferson County.

There have been 9 deaths reported because the final report, with a complete of 6,971 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

There are at present 2,117 lively COVID-19 circumstances statewide.

On the state’s County Alert System map, 24 counties are color-coded yellow, indicating a barely increased an infection price. The remainder of West Virginia’s 55 counties are color-coded inexperienced.

At the moment, 14,925 circumstances of the Delta COVID-19 variant have been reported and 4,888 of the Omicron variant have been confirmed.

As of Thursday, 178 COVID-19 optimistic West Virginians are within the hospital, 24 are within the ICU and 11 are on ventilators, based on the DHHR dashboard.

Proper now, there are seven COVID-19 optimistic pediatric sufferers. One pediatric affected person has been admitted to the ICU and one is on a ventilator.

508,161 West Virginians have recovered from COVID-19 issues.

Of the eligible inhabitants, 66 p.c has obtained a minimum of one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 57 p.c is totally vaccinated towards the virus and 488,312 West Virginians have obtained at booster shot.

CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (10), Berkeley (156), Boone (20), Braxton (8), Brooke (17), Cabell (106), Calhoun (10), Clay (2), Doddridge (3), Fayette (58), Gilmer (2), Grant (9), Greenbrier (30), Hampshire (20), Hancock (37), Hardy (13), Harrison (91), Jackson (12), Jefferson (106), Kanawha (210), Lewis (35), Lincoln (24), Logan (47), Marion (88), Marshall (29), Mason (41), McDowell (13), Mercer (83), Mineral (32), Mingo (23), Monongalia (125), Monroe (17), Morgan (7), Nicholas (56), Ohio (62), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (4), Pocahontas (3), Preston (22), Putnam (66), Raleigh (97), Randolph (41), Ritchie (8), Roane (25), Summers (7), Taylor (30), Tucker (4), Tyler (4), Upshur (43), Wayne (34), Webster (5), Wetzel (24), Wirt (4), Wooden (56), Wyoming (37). To search out the cumulative circumstances per county, please go to coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Abstract tab which is sortable by county.

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