On Sunday, Jan. 17, there were 15,641 laboratory COVID-19 tests performed in West Virginia, resulting in the identification of 988 new cases and a daily positivity-rate of 6.19%. Since March 17 of last year, 109,809 total cases of the virus have been confirmed across the state, including the 26,777 which are currently active. The cumulative positivity-rate has now reached 5.49%.
On Monday, Jan. 18, the W.Va. Department of Health and Human Resources reports that there have been eight additional COVID-19-related deaths within the last 24 hours. Among those confirmed deceased are an 85-year-old Upshur County man, a 57-year-old Wood County woman, a 57-year-old Upshur County man, a 35-year-old Wood County man, a 96-year-old Brooke County woman, an 81-year-old Hancock County woman, a 58-year-old Morgan County man and a 70-year-old Monongalia County man.
There have now been 1,784 deaths in West Virginia due to complications stemming from COVID-19.
Currently, there are 17 counties in West Virginia designated as red on the DHHR daily color-coded county alert map system, which is a significant improvement from just seven-days ago. This is also good news as all of West Virginia’s school children are scheduled to return to in-person learning on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
With an infection rate of 65.11% and a percent positive of 7.07%, Monroe County is designated as orange on the color-coded county alert map. Now at 75.01%, the infection rate in Greenbrier County is down from 105.92% five-days ago. Greenbrier’s percent positive of 6.78% has the county designated as orange, as well. Pocahontas County, however, remains designated as red. Pocahontas’ infection rate of 122.99% is up considerably from 77.08% on Jan. 12. The county’s percent positive is 15.64%.
At present, there are 643 West Virginians hospitalized with COVID-19, 172 of whom are receiving care in the ICU, and 91 are being treated with ventilators. The W.Va. DHHR reports that 81,248 residents who were previously infected with the virus have since recovered.
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