Since the West Virginia Daily News last reported on the COVID-19 pandemic, the W.Va. Department of Health and Human Resources has identified an additional 3,492 cases and 50 deaths attributed to the virus.
Among those confirmed deceased are a 64-year-old Barbour County man, an 86-year-old Mercer County woman, a 92-year-old Kanawha County man, an 84-year-old Cabell County woman, a 74-year-old McDowell County man, a 97-year-old Hancock County woman, an 84-year-old Pendleton County woman, an 88-year-old Summers County man, a 65-year-old Cabell County woman, an 87-year-old Hampshire County man, an 83-year-old Wood County man, an 84-year-old Wood County man, a 69-year-old Pleasants County man, a 64-year-old Wood County woman, a 76-year-old Harrison County man, a 69-year-old Preston County woman, a 65-year-old Nicholas County man, a 95-year-old Lewis County man, a 68-year-old Preston County man, a 62-year-old Wood County man, an 89-year-old Wood County woman, an 81-year-old Wyoming County woman, a 70-year-old Logan County woman, a 54-year-old Berkeley County man, a 79-year-old Wood County woman, an 81-year-old Mason County man, an 81-year-old Harrison County man, a 96-year-old Wood County man, a 74-year-old Marshall County man, a 74-year-old Harrison County man, an 84-year-old Kanawha County man, a 79-year-old Wood County woman, an 89-year-old Harrison County man, an 88-year-old Wood County woman, a 71-year-old Mason County man, a 62-year-old Marion County woman, an 88-year-old Wood County woman, a 71-year-old Mason County man, a 62-year-old Marion County woman, an 88-year-old Wood County woman, a 58-year-old Hancock County man, a 68-year-old McDowell County man, a 59-year-old Wood County woman, a 76-year-old Wood County woman. A 76-year-old Ohio County man, an 83-year-old Wood County man, a 64-year-old McDowell County man, a 75-year-old Hampshire County woman, a 92-year-old Kanawha County man, a 78-year-old Fayette County woman, a 68-year-old Jackson County man, a 94-year-old Fayette County man and a 56-year-old Cabell County woman.
A total of 1,899 West Virginians have now succumbed to complications stemming from COVID-19.
There are now 24,365 active cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, including the 532 identified on Sunday, January 24. The daily positivity-rate is 8.43% and the cumulative positivity-rate is 5.57%. As of Monday, January 25, 40,258 residents have received both courses of the vaccine, and are now fully vaccinated.
The number of laboratory COVID-19 tests has declined in recent days, with 6,445 performed on Saturday, January 23 and only 4,920 performed on Sunday, January 24. West Virginia’s seven-day testing average is now 11,627.
In Greenbrier County, active outbreaks have been reported at the Greenbrier Health Care Center, the Lewisburg Center (Stonerise Lewisburg) and Meadow Garden (Stonerise Rainelle). In Monroe County, an active outbreak has been reported at the Springfield Center (Stonerise Lindside).
At present, 597 West Virginians are hospitalized with COVID-19, including 151 receiving treatment in the intensive care unit and 63 being assisted through ventilators. The W.Va. DHHR reports that 89,575 residents who had previously tested positive for the virus have since recovered.
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