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West Virginia sees active COVID cases fall below 800

CHARLESTON — Another 13 deaths have been attributed to the COVID-19 coronavirus in West Virginia where the number of active cases have dropped under 800, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported on Thursday. Statewide, active cases were at 781 on Thursday, a decline of 101 from Wednesday. The most active cases in the latest surge was 21,717 on Jan. 22. State health officials have been reluctant to announce the pandemic has declined enough to be classified an epidemic. News agencies also are reporting a surge in the second mutation of the omicron variant, including in ...

West Virginia reports continuing decline in COVID-19 cases

CHARLESTON — Active cases are now below 900 in West Virginia and less than 80 in the region, according to the latest COVID-19 update Wednesday morning by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Also, all counties are green on the County Alert System Map, the lowest level of alert based on infection rates. The state reported 872 active cases statewide. In contrast the most active cases recorded during the latest surge of the pandemic was 21,717 in January. Health officials also reported 232 new cases of the virus have been received in the period between the ...

Active COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations continue decline

Staff Report CHARLESTON — Active cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus are nearing the 1,000 mark in West Virginia where 39 more deaths were confirmed since the last report on Monday, the Department of Health and Human Resources said. The deaths included 29 confirmations found during the Bureau of Health’s data reconciliation with the death certificates. Those deaths occurred in January, February and March. Active cases of the virus were at 1,092 on Tuesday, a drop from 1,244 cases reported on Monday by the department. The most cases in the latest omicron surge was 21,717 on Jan. ...

West Virginia reports ten more COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — Ten more residents have died from the COVID-19 coronavirus since the Friday pandemic report, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said Monday. The death count as of Monday was 6,559 since the pandemic began more than two years ago. A previously reported death in December 2020 of a 47-year-old woman was removed after it was determined not to be COVID-19-related. The department has confirmed the deaths of a 58-year-old woman from Cabell County, an 81-year-old woman from Monongalia County, a 61-year-old man from Preston County, an 89-year-old man from ...

For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight-year-old Brooklynn Chiles fidgets on the hospital bed as she waits for the nurse at Children's National Hospital. The white paper beneath her crinkles as she shifts to look at the medical objects in the room. She's had the coronavirus three times, and no one can ...

Camden Clark employees thank departing National Guard members

PARKERSBURG — A dozen members of the West Virginia Army and Air National Guard received a heartfelt send-off Friday from employees of WVU Medicine Camden Clark, where the soldiers have been working for the last month-and-a-half. According to Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Liz King, members ...