It has been another difficult day in West Virginia. On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the Department of Health and Human Resources announced the deaths of 25 additional residents as a result of complications stemming from COVID-19.
Among those confirmed deceased are a 70-year-old Upshur County man, a 71-year-old Harrison County man, a 101-year-old Mingo County woman, a 35-year-old Wood County man 87-year-old Monongalia County man, a 41-year-old Cabell County woman, a 91-year-old Wayne County man, a 68-year-old Monongalia County man, a 66-year-old Monongalia County woman, a 99-year-old Putnam County man, a 62-year-old Mineral County man, a 63-year-old Logan County man, an 83-year-old Wayne County man, an 89-year-old Jackson County woman, a 74-year-old Monongalia County woman, a 61-year-old Harrison County woman, a 61-year-old Mercer County man, a 56-year-old Morgan County man, a 90-year-old Jackson County man, a 79-year-old Cabell County man, a 67-year-old McDowell County woman, a 64-year-old Wyoming County woman, an 80-year-old Mason County man and an 86-year-old Upshur County woman.
Also confirmed deceased is a 25-year-old Jefferson County man. The number of deaths in West Virginia attributed to COVID-19 is now 2,175.
Despite 429 new cases having been identified within the last 24 hours, the total number of active cases of the virus continues to decrease across the state and is now down to 14,076. The daily positivity-rate is 4.26% and the cumulative positivity-rate is holding steady at 5.60%. Thus far, 111,457 residents have been fully vaccinated against the virus, while another 112,393 await their second-dose.
With infection rates of 20.20% and 19.05%, and percent positives of 3.41% and 3.78% respectively, both Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties have been downgraded to yellow on the DHHR’s color-coded County Alert System map. With an infection rate of 21.52% and a percent positive of 3.38%, Monroe County remains designated as yellow, as well.
At present, 362 West Virginians are hospitalized with COVID-19, including 97 who are receiving treatment in area intensive care units and 47 being assisted through ventilators. W.Va. DHHR reports that 109,700 residents who had previously been infected with the virus have now recovered.
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