CHARLESTON (WVDN) – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of Mar. 10, 2022, there are currently 1,305 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 56 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,544 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 69-year old female from Mercer County, a 78-year old male from Randolph County, an 83-year old female from Taylor County, a 70-year old female from Upshur County, an 85-year old male from Upshur County, a 61-year old male from Cabell County, an 84-year old female from Preston County, a 72-year old male from Marion County, an 85-year old male from Tucker County, a 66-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 79-year old male from Putnam County, a 78-year old female from Tyler County, a 41-year old female from Marshall County, a 74-year old female from Preston County, a 99-year old female from Marion County, a 79-year old male from Nicholas County, a 55-year old male from Marion County, and a 90-year old female from Raleigh County.
Included in the total deaths reported on the dashboard as a result of the Bureau for Public Health’s continuing data reconciliation with the official death certificate are an 84-year old male from Raleigh County, a 91-year old female from Cabell County, a 66-year old female from Kanawha County, a 46-year old female from Wyoming County, a 70-year old female from Wyoming County, an 82-year old female from Cabell County, a 77-year old female from Mercer County, a 56-year old female from Lincoln County, a 64-year old male from Ohio County, a 94-year old female from Taylor County, a 65-year old female from Berkeley County, a 74-year old male from Marion County, a 59-year old male from Summers County, a 78-year old female from Fayette County, a 72-year old male from Roane County, a 71-year old female from Logan County, a 62-year old male from Logan County, a 46-year old female from Jackson County, a 58-year old male from Berkeley County, a 75-year old male from Wetzel County, an 80-year old male from Taylor County, an 85-year old female from Wayne County, a 91-year old female from Marion County, a 78-year old male from Wayne County, an 83-year old male from Hardy County, an 87-year old male from Hampshire County, a 74-year old female from Logan County, a 70-year old female from Logan County, an 81-year old male from Logan County, a 74-year old female from Upshur County, an 83-year old male from Raleigh County, an 82-year old female from Ohio County, a 95-year old male from Wayne County, a 102-year old female from Kanawha County, a 92-year old male from Fayette County, a 49-year old male from Clay County, an 82-year old female from Harrison County, and a 42-year old female from Wood County. These deaths range from January 2022 through March 2022.
“Our hearts go out to these West Virginians and their families,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Let’s continue taking every precaution we can to curb the spread of this disease, including vaccination and boosters.”
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (20), Berkeley (56), Boone (8), Braxton (11), Brooke (13), Cabell (68), Calhoun (11), Clay (14), Doddridge (1), Fayette (32), Gilmer (5), Grant (3), Greenbrier (41), Hampshire (12), Hancock (11), Hardy (11), Harrison (77), Jackson (13), Jefferson (19), Kanawha (88), Lewis (9), Lincoln (11), Logan (10), Marion (72), Marshall (59), Mason (19), McDowell (30), Mercer (61), Mineral (9), Mingo (12), Monongalia (68), Monroe (14), Morgan (4), Nicholas (27), Ohio (12), Pendleton (3), Pleasants (4), Pocahontas (6), Preston (36), Putnam (29), Raleigh (51), Randolph (19), Ritchie (6), Roane (5), Summers (12), Taylor (18), Tucker (4), Tyler (14), Upshur (21), Wayne (22), Webster (17), Wetzel (14), Wirt (5), Wood (47), Wyoming (41). To find the cumulative cases per county, please visit www.coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Summary tab which is sortable by county.
Delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Please visit www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.
West Virginians ages 5 years and older are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Booster shots are also available for those 12 and older. To learn more about the vaccine, or to find a vaccine site near you, visit vaccinate.wv.gov or call 1-833-734-0965.
Free pop-up COVID-19 testing is available at the state fairgrounds Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., and Sundays 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Check with the testing site, DHHR’s social media pages and the COVID-19 website https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx for any last-minute cancellations, and to find other free testing opportunities across West Virginia.
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