CHARLESTON — Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary since West Virginia started administering the first COVID-19 vaccines, and despite early successes at getting shots into the arms of seniors and vulnerable West Virginians, the state struggles to get more people vaccinated. “We’ve ...
CHARLESTON — An 82-year-old woman from Wood County was confirmed among the deaths attributed Tuesday to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said. The department in its Tuesday morning pandemic update reported five deaths in the 24 hours from Monday to Tuesday morning and another two deaths as a result of the data reconciliation with death certificates by the Bureau of Public Health. Deaths were confirmed, in addition to Wood County, in Mercer, Fayette, Mineral and Harrison counties. Reconciliation deaths were reported in Logan and ...
CHARLESTON — Another 22 people have been confirmed dead from the coronavirus, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said. The deaths cited in the Monday pandemic update include an 85-year-old woman from Ritchie County, a 62-year-old woman from Jackson County and a 52-year-old woman from Wetzel County. Deaths also were reported in Upshur, Taylor, Preston, Berkeley, Mercer, Randolph, Fayette, Cabell, Clay, Monroe, Marshall, Raleigh and Mingo counties. The youngest was a 45-year-old man from Monroe County. The death count in West Virginia since the pandemic started ...
PARKERSBURG — COVID-19 bonus pay for municipal employees and the sale of the former Point Park Marketplace to the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau are on Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council agenda. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building, to be followed by a session of the Urban Renewal Authority to consider donations of four dilapidated properties. A resolution on the agenda would allocate $321,779 from the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funds for premium pay to all city employees, except ...
CHARLESTON — Active cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus surpassed 9,000 on Friday, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources said in its pandemic update. The state reported 9,037 active cases statewide, up from 8,857 on Thursday. Also reported was 1,063 new cases of the virus in the 24-hour period between Thursday and Friday mornings. State officials have warned cases would increase as cold weather sets in and people remain indoors. Active cases in local counties are (previous day): Wood County, 381 (371); Wirt, 35 (28); Wetzel, 94 (98); Tyler, 27 (29); Roane, 76 ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia officials are concerned the combination of colder temperatures, low vaccination and booster rates, the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19 and the flu will make this winter a difficult time for the state and its hospitals. Hospitalizations and other statistics ...
