The spread of COVID-19 is continuing its downward trend in West Virginia. On Monday, February 8, W.Va. DHHR reports that 398 new cases have been identified within the state and 2 additional deaths have occurred as a result of the virus within the last 24 hours. Both of these numbers are down significantly from recent days.
Among those now confirmed deceased are a 69-year-old Berkeley County woman and a 73-year-old Berkeley County man.
In a statement posted on the DHHR’s website, Cabinet Secretary Bill Crouch said, “The suffering this virus causes must be stopped. West Virginia, I implore you to continue to take steps to keep yourselves and loved ones healthy.”
In total, 2,131 West Virginians have now succumbed to complications stemming from COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic.
The 6,871 laboratory COVID-19 tests performed across the state on Sunday, February 7 yielded a daily positivity-rate of 5.73%. The seven-day testing average in West Virginia is 10,447 tests per day. The cumulative positivity-rate is holding at 5.60%, while 15,557 cases of the virus currently remain active. Thus far, 105,889 residents have been fully vaccinated against the virus and another 114,003 are awaiting their second-dose.
Greenbrier, Monroe and Pocahontas Counties all remain designated as gold on the DHHR’s daily color-coded County Alert System Map update. Summers County remains designated as green, Mercer County remains designated as yellow and Fayette County has been downgraded to gold. As of Monday, February 8, only three of West Virginia’s 55 counties remain designated as red.
At present, there are 375 West Virginians hospitalized with COVID-19, including 107 receiving treatment in area intensive care units and 52 being assisted through ventilators. The W.Va. DHHR reports that 107,418 residents who had previously tested positive for the virus have now recovered.
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