With the 1,896 new cases identified on Thursday, January 7, West Virginia is just over 2,000 away from recording its 100,000 case of COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic. The Department of Health and Human Resources also reports that there have been 36 additional deaths due to complications of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
Among those confirmed deceased are a 54-year-old Mason County man, am 86-year-old Gilmer County man, a 74-year-old Preston County woman, a 70-year-old Brooke County woman, a 79-year-old Brooke County man, a 75-year-old Hampshire County man, a 68-year-old Ohio County man, an 83-year-old Kanawha County woman, an 81-year-old Wood County man, an 86-year-old Logan County woman, a 51-year-old Logan County man, a 92-year-old Putnam County woman, a 71-year-old Brooke County man, an 87-year-old Wood County man, an 89-year-old Marshall County man, a 53-year-old Cabell County woman, an 89-year-old Brooke County woman, a 75-year-old Logan County woman, an 86-year-old Hancock County woman, a 95-year-old Hampshire County woman, a 49-year-old Raleigh County man, an 87-year-old Mercer County woman, a 99-year-old Greenbrier County man, a 92-year-old Ohio County woman, an 82-year-old Mercer County woman, a 100-year-old Brooke County woman, an 84-year-old Mineral County man, a 75-year-old Harrison County man, an 89-year-old Cabell County woman, a 92-year-old Kanawha County man, a 94-year-old Brooke County woman, an 81-year-old Brooke County woman, a 63-year-old Putnam County woman, an 83-year-old Greenbrier County man, an 84-year-old Gilmer County woman and a 92-year-old Brooke County man.
As of Friday, January 8, 1,554 West Virginians have died due to complications stemming from COVID-19.
There are currently 28,189 active cases in West Virginia. The state has now received 109,440 doses of the COVID-19, 77,156 of which have been administered thus far. The 23,162 laboratory tests performed on Thursday have increased the state’s seven-day testing average to 13,168. The daily positivity-rate is 6.72% and the cumulative positivity-rate is 5.25%.
At present, there are 787 West Virginians hospitalized with COVID-19, 208 of whom are in the intensive care unit with 102 being assisted with ventilators. The W.Va. DHHR reports that 68,155 residents who had previously tested positive for the virus have now recovered.
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