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Coronavirus

West Virginia COVID-19 hospitalizations close in on record levels

CHARLESTON — West Virginia is nearly 16 beds away from reaching the state’s peak ICU usage for COVID-19 patients in January, according to recent hospitalization data. According to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, hospitalizations for COVID-19 as of Friday was 640 ...

Wood County reports 666 active COVID cases

CHARLESTON — Active cases of the COVID-19 virus were at 666 Monday morning in Wood County, an increase of 76 since Friday, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said in its pandemic update. Active cases statewide were at 16,732, an increase of nearly 3,000 new cases ...

Minnie Hamilton Health System requiring COVID vaccinations

GRANTSVILLE — Minnie Hamilton Health System is now requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for its staff. Following the lead of WVU Medicine and other major healthcare systems in the state, Minnie Hamilton issued a release announcing the mandate. The protocol is to be followed like annual flu shot ...

Spencer City Hall closed due to COVID-19 outbreak

SPENCER — Spencer City Hall will be temporarily closed to the public as a COVID-19 outbreak affected city employees. This week’s city council meeting was canceled and city employees are in quarantine, according to the City of Spencer Facebook page. Spencer residents are to use the ...

West Virginia officials warn pandemic placing burden on health care

CHARLESTON — Officials on Friday warned the health care system in West Virginia could soon be overwhelmed by the increasing number of COVID-19 cases fueled mostly by the more-infectious delta variant. “It’s going to get worse before it gets better,” said Dr. Clay Marsh, coronavirus ...

Wood County COVID cases continue upward spike

CHARLESTON — Active virus cases in Wood County rose by 57 from Thursday to Friday, according to latest pandemic report from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Wood County also remains in the red zone of the County Alert System Map, the worst level based on infection ...