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Wood County resident among new West Virginia COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — Eight more people including a Wood County resident are among the deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus reported Monday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The eight were reported since the Friday pandemic update by the state, raising the death toll to 7,646 since the pandemic began more than two years ago. The department has confirmed the deaths of an 83-year-old man from Wood County, a 61-year-old woman from Monongalia County, a 75-year-old man from Boone County, a 47-year-old woman from Marion County, a 91-year-old woman from Putnam County, a ...

West Virginia sees active COVID cases near 1K

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s active COVID-19 cases edged back up toward 1,000 in Friday’s report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources. And Roane County was classified as high on the CDC’s COVID Community Level metric, meaning the agency recommends masking in indoor, public spaces. But Roane General Hospital CEO Doug Bentz said they’re seeing more cases of the flu. “We’ve actually seen a downward trend in the COVID numbers,” he said. The county’s active cases rose from 16 to 22 in Friday’s report, but Bentz said he was aware of just one patient at ...

West Virginia reports no new COVID deaths; 298 active cases added

CHARLESTON — No deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus were reported in the 24-hour period between the Wednesday and Thursday pandemic updates from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The count as of Thursday remained at 7,636 deaths since the pandemic began in early 2020. The department also reported 879 active COVID-19 cases statewide with 298 new cases received from Wednesday to Thursday. Current active cases in local counties as of Thursday (previous report) were: Calhoun 4 (5); Doddridge 2 (3); Gilmer 2 (2); Jackson 17 (23); Pleasants 4 (4); Ritchie 7 (7); ...

West Virginia officials report five new COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — Another five deaths attributed to the COVID-19 coronavirus were reported Wednesday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The deaths raise the total since the pandemic started in 2020 to 7,636 residents as of Wednesday. The department confirmed the deaths of a 74-year-old man from Raleigh County, a 71-year-old woman from Kanawha County, a 90-year-old man from Kanawha County, a 70-year-old man from Summers County and a 93-year-old woman from Kanawha County. “The pain of grief runs long and deep,” department Secretary Bill J. Crouch said. ...

West Virginia officials say more flu cases on horizon

CHARLESTON — There are more patients in West Virginia hospitals with COVID-19 than there were two weeks ago, but the flu appears to be having more of an impact on resources right now. “We’re going to see the numbers rise,” state Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch said during Monday’s online briefing with Gov. Jim Justice. “We’re not fully into flu season yet.” For the week ending Dec. 3, more than 1,100 emergency and urgent care visits — 7.8% of all in the state — had an influenza-like diagnosis, according to data from ...

West Virginia reports nine COVID deaths, active cases surpassing 1K

CHARLESTON — Forty-four additional COVID-19 cases and nine deaths were reported since Thursday’s update from the West Virginia Department of Health of Human Resources. As of Friday morning, 1,044 COVID-19 cases were reported, an increase of 420 from the beginning of the week and the state’s total of deaths reached 7,627, according to the DHHR. Among the deaths were an 87-year-old female from Putnam County, an 86-year-old female from Marion County, a 73-year-old female from Raleigh County, an 87-year-old male from Ohio County, a 91-year-old female from Ohio County, a 42-year-old ...