The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reports that there have been 10 additional deaths across the state stemming from complications of COVID-19. Those confirmed deceased are a 66-year-old Grant County man, a 79-year-old Raleigh County man, a 90-year-old Jefferson County man, a 67-year-old Preston County man, a 71-year-old Berkeley County man, a 95-year-old Berkeley woman, a 76-year-old Berkeley woman, a 74-year-old Berkeley woman, an 86-year-old Berkeley woman and a 78-year-old Kanawha County woman.
In a message posted on the DHHR’s website, Cabinet Secretary Bill Crouch said, “As we mourn the West Virginia lives lost to this devastating virus, we must not lose sight of our power to prevent additional deaths by following public health safety measures of wearing masks, washing hands, staying home when sick and social distancing.”
As of Monday, Dec. 14, there have been 978 deaths in West Virginia attributed to the coronavirus.
There have been 1,177 new cases of COVID-19 identified statewide within the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to 21,076. West Virginia’s daily positivity-rate is 8.33%, and the cumulative positivity-rate has now reached 4.10%.
Monroe County has been upgraded to gold on the DHHR color-coded county map. Monroe’s infection rate is 54.88% and their percent positive is 4.26%. With an infection rate of 67.83% and a percent positive of 5.09%, Mercer County has been upgraded to the orange designation. Currently, only four counties in West Virginia are designated as green on the DHHR color-coded county map. The four counties are Summers, Randolph, Taylor and McDowell.
At present, 720 West Virginians are hospitalized with COVID-19, including 199 individuals who are receiving care in the ICU, and 82 who are being treated with ventilators. According to the W.Va. DHHR, 42,340 of those who were previously infected with the virus have since recovered.
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