In a social media post dated Monday, Dec. 28, the Greenbrier County Health Department announced five additional COVID-19 related deaths.
“It is with great regret that we announce our 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33, and 34th COVID-19 deaths. We lost an 88-year-old female resident, an 86-year-old female resident, a 67-year-old female resident, an 89-year-old female resident and an 85-year-old male resident due to complications of the virus. We offer our sincere condolences to their families.”
Moments later, a second post announced Greenbrier County’s 35th COVID-19-related death; that of an 86-year-old woman.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources recorded 1,337 new cases and 21 COVID-19-related deaths across the state within the last 24 hours.
Among those confirmed deceased are a 90-year-old Marshall County man, a 74-year-old Hancock County man, a 71-year-old Pendleton County man, an 80-year-old Greenbrier County man, an 86-year-old McDowell County woman, a 62-year-old Marshall County man, an 89-year-old Cabell County man, an 84-year-old Tucker County man, a 95-year-old Monongalia County man, a 91-year-old Putnam County man, an 80-year-old Cabell County woman, an 81-year-old Preston County woman, a 91-year-old Monongalia County man, an 80-year-old Hancock County woman, a 93-year-old Wyoming County woman, a 76-year-old Monongalia County woman, an 81-year-old Berkeley County woman, an 85-year-old Hancock County woman and an 81-year-old Harrison County woman.
In total, 1,284 West Virginians have now lost their lives to complications stemming from COVID-19.
There are 24,264 active cases within the state. The daily positivity-rate is 10.45%, and the cumulative positivity-rate has risen to 4.72% West Virginia has received 72,175 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine thus far, 34,474 of which have been administered. With 1,468,110 laboratory tests now performed, 81.922% of the state’s population has been tested. The seven-day testing average is 9,239 tests per day, including the 11,514 tests performed on Monday, Dec. 28. The DHHR has recorded 82,773 cases of the virus since March 17 of this year.
At present, 761 West Virginians are hospitalized with COVID-19, 213 of whom are being treated in the intensive care unit, with 98 receiving assistance with ventilators. West Virginia DHHR reports that 57,225 of those previously infected with the virus have now recovered.
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