For the second consecutive day, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has reported that deaths due to complications stemming from COVID-19 have reached double-digits.
Among those confirmed deceased on Thursday, Feb. 4, are a 75-year-old Marion County woman, an 87-year-old Wyoming County man, a 72-year-old McDowell County woman, a 95-year-old Mingo County woman, an 81-year-old Putnam County man, an 88-year-old Putnam County woman, a 76-year-old Cabell County woman, a 72-year-old Wyoming County man, an 87-year-old Mason County man, an 81-year-old McDowell County man, a 59-year-old Monongalia County woman, a 75-year-old Mineral County man, an 83-year-old Brooke County man, a 92-year-old Wood County woman, a 57-year-old Mingo County man, a 70-year-old Grant County man, a 96-year-old Wyoming County woman and a 71-year-old Nicholas County man.
With the addition of the 22 newly-reported deaths, West Virginia has now lost 2,080 residents to COVID-19.
W.Va. DHHR also reports that 574 cases of the virus have been identified statewide within the last 24 hours, resulting in a daily positivity-rate of 4.52%. At 5.62%, the cumulative positivity-rate has remained consistent for several days.
In what has recently developed as a positive-trend, the number of active cases in the state continues to decline. Currently, there are 18,469 active cases, meaning that after almost three-months, West Virginia has dropped below the 20,000 active case-mark. A total of 79,513 residents have now been fully vaccinated.
On the daily DHHR color-coded County Alert System Map update, Pocahontas and Greenbrier Counties remain designated as orange. With an infection rate of 27.98% and a percent positive of 3.85%, Monroe County has been downgraded to the yellow designation.
At present, 396 West Virginians are hospitalized with COVID-19. This is yet another positive trend, as the number of hospitalizations has decreased drastically over just seven-days ago. There are 109 individuals being treated in area hospital’s intensive care units, while 52 continue to be assisted through ventilators. The W.Va. DHHR reports that 102,495 residents previously infected with the virus have since recovered.
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