The final weeks of the college school year have been disrupted yet again by COVID-19 as universities bring back mask mandates, switch to online classes and scale back large gatherings in response to upticks in coronavirus infections. Colleges in Washington, D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, ...
CHARLESTON — Active COVID-19 cases have creeped up to 500 in West Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported on Thursday. While 500 cases haven’t been seen since the early days of the pandemic, the number of cases has risen in about the last two weeks. The pandemic high in the last surge of the omicron variant was more than 21,700 in January. The state reported 459 active cases on Wednesday. Active cases in Wood County were at 15 on Thursday, three less than on Wednesday. Current active case numbers for other counties in the region (previous day) are: ...
PARKERSBURG — The free Concert of Healing sponsored by the WVU at Parkersburg Foundation will be held 7 p.m. May 6 at the College Theater. The concert will feature world-class violinist Tami Lee Hughes, who will present a program of healing developed specifically for WVU-P to welcome ...
PARKERSBURG — Opening night for a show canceled two years ago because of the pandemic has again been delayed over COVID-19 issues, the Actors Guild of Parkersburg said. “The Producers,” a comedy by Mel Brooks, was scheduled to open 8 p.m. Friday at the Guild playhouse on Market ...
CHARLESTON — More people hospitalized with COVID-19 in West Virginia were vaccinated than unvaccinated Wednesday, but that does not take into account whether they have received booster shots, according to the state’s coronavirus czar. “We know that folks over 60 years of age and five months after their second or third shot are at risk of severe illness, ICU stay and death,” said Dr. Clay Marsh, vice president/executive dean for health sciences at West Virginia University. “Getting the fourth shot (second boost) reduced death from COVID by 78 percent in Israeli data.” There ...
Staff Reporter CHARLESTON — COVID-19 deaths have exceeded 6,800 in West Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Resources said on Tuesday. The department reported the deaths of eight residents, six of those from the routine data reconciliation by the Bureau of Public Health. Deaths were confirmed in Hampshire and Clay counties. Through the reconciliation, deaths were reported in Putnam, Kanawha, Cabell, Summers, Harrison and Tyler counties. The reconciliation deaths occurred from February to April. “We mourn with all families suffering the loss of loved ones due to ...
