The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has identified 285-new cases of COVID-19, and confirms 11 additional deaths attributed to the virus in the last 24-hours.
Among those confirmed deceased are an 83-year-old Wyoming County woman, a 60-year-old Mercer County woman, an 86-year-old Randolph County woman, a 59-year-old Lewis County man, a 75-year-old Preston County man, a 79-year-old Mercer County man, a 77-year-old McDowell County woman, an 86-year-old Lewis County woman, a 103-year-old Mercer County man, a 70-year-old Mercer County woman and a 70-year-old Mingo County woman.
As of Tuesday, February 23, the number of deaths in West Virginia as a result of complications stemming from COVID-19 is 2,274.
On Monday, February 22, Governor Jim Justice issued a proclamation ordering all United States and West Virginia flags at all state-owned facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, and remain displayed as such until sunset on Friday, February 26. This is being done to honor the memory of the more than 500,000 Americans who have now been lost to COVID-19.
With the addition of the 285-new cases, West Virginia has now surpassed 130,000 total cases identified since the onset of the pandemic. Currently, 8,528 of those cases remain active. The daily positivity-rate is 3.32% and the cumulative positivity-rate is 5.50%. Thus far, 167,953 West Virginians have been fully vaccinated against the virus, while another 272,007 residents are awaiting their second-dose.
With an infection rate of 9.53% and percent positive of 2.56%, Pocahontas County remains designated as green for the eighth-consecutive day on the DHHR daily color-coded County Alert System map. Greenbrier County is designated as green for the ninth-consecutive day, while Monroe County is designated as green for the fourth-consecutive day.
At present, 296 West Virginians are hospitalized with COVID-19, including 78 who are being treated in area intensive care units and 35 receiving assistance through ventilators. The W.Va. DHHR reports that 119,337 residents who had previously tested positive for the virus have since recovered.
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