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Mid-Ohio Valley counties ‘low’ on CDC COVID guidelines

PARKERSBURG — A week after Roane County was labeled high and several others medium on the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels, all area counties returned to low. The guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updated on Thursday afternoons. Based on new cases per 100,000 people and hospitalization statistics in the previous seven days, the metric assigns each county one of three levels. Residents of counties labeled low are advised to talk with a health care provider about possible precautions if they are at greater risk for serious illness. Those people ...

West Virginia: Three Mid-Ohio Valley residents among latest COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — Three people from the region were among the 24 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus in the last week, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported. The deaths include a 51-year-old woman from Wetzel County, a 74-year-old man from Jackson County and a 76-year-old man from Jackson County, the department said. Also confirmed were a 75-year-old man from Nicholas County, a 48-year-old man from Kanawha County, a 78-year-old man from Kanawha County, a 57-year-old woman from Mercer County, a 74-year-old woman from Raleigh County, a ...

Roane County high on CDC COVID rating

SPENCER — Roane County moved to high on the CDC’s COVID Community Level scale this week, but the CEO of Roane General Hospital said he hasn’t seen much change in the situation on the ground. Roane and many area counties have been consistently classified as low on the levels issued on Thursdays by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently. They’re based on new cases per 100,000 people and the rates of hospitalizations and beds used by COVID patients in the preceding seven days. A classification of high means the CDC recommends people wear masks in indoor, ...

West Virginia reports 32 new COVID-19 deaths

CHARLESTON — Another 32 deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus have been confirmed in West Virginia in the past week by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The youngest of the deaths was a 35-year-old man from Cabell County, the department said. The additional 32 raises the death toll since the pandemic started three years ago to 8,043 people in West Virginia. Deaths confirmed on Wednesday morning, in addition to the 35-year-old resident from Cabell, include a 75-year-old man from Kanawha County, an 88-year-old woman from Ohio County, an 87-year-old woman from ...

Wood County woman among West Virginia COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — A Wood County woman is among the six deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus in the last week, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported in its weekly update on Wednesday. The state has confirmed the death of a 78-year-old woman from Wood County and a 97-year-old man from Taylor County, a 91-year-old woman from Fayette County, an 87-year-old woman female from Barbour County, a 69-year-old man from Kanawha County and a 92-year-old woman from Mercer County. Deaths since the pandemic started three years ago were at 8,011 as of Wednesday in West ...

West Virginia lawmaker sends CARES Act concerns to U.S. Treasury Department

CHARLESTON — The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee wants to see federal authorities involved in determining whether Gov. Jim Justice’s use of dollars meant for coronavirus reimbursements for non-COVID uses is appropriate. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, ...