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PARKERSBURG -- The COVID-19-related deaths of 40 West Virginians were reported over the weekend -- 13 of them from Wood County.
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources issued its daily updates of COVID-19 statistics on Saturday and Sunday. The deaths included Wood County residents identified only by age and gender: an 83-year-old male, an 84-year-old male, a 64-year-old female, a 62-year-old male, an 89-year-old female, a 79-year-old female, a 96-year-old male, a 79-year-old female, an 88-year-old female, a 59-year-old female, another 88-year-old female, a 76-year-old female and another 83-year-old male.
A call seeking additional information about the deaths from the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department was not returned Sunday.
That brings the number of deaths in the county attributed to COVID-19 since March to 100, according to the DHHR.
A 69-year-old man from Pleasants County was also reported as a COVID-19 death over the weekend, the 13th such fatality there.
"This is an incredibly difficult time for the families and friends of these West Virginians," said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR cabinet secretary. "We offer our deepest sympathies to all connected to these individuals."
LOCAL STATISTICS
* Calhoun: 32 active, 170 recovered, 181 cumulative confirmed, 21 cumulative probable, 6,171 tests, 0 deaths.
* Doddridge: 76 active, 314 recovered, 297 cumulative confirmed, 98 cumulative probable, 4,940 tests, 5 deaths.
* Gilmer: 26 active, 521 recovered, 462 cumulative confirmed, 91 cumulative probable, 7,947 tests, 6 deaths.
* Jackson: 122 active, 1,376 recovered, 1,391 cumulative confirmed, 150 cumulative probable, 22,815 tests, 43 deaths.
* Pleasants: 64 active, 675 recovered, 632 cumulative confirmed, 120 cumulative probable, 6,525 tests, 13 deaths.
* Ritchie: 71 active, 449 recovered, 436 cumulative confirmed, 92 cumulative probable, 7,296 tests, 8 deaths.
* Roane: 75 active, 362 recovered, 403 cumulative confirmed, 40 cumulative probable, 12,841 tests, 6 deaths.
* Tyler: 134 active, 405 recovered, 351 cumulative confirmed, 191 cumulative probable, 6,803 tests, 3 deaths.
* Wetzel: 191 active, 744 recovered, 558 cumulative confirmed, 395 cumulative probable, 10,541 tests, 18 deaths.
* Wirt: 38 active, 270 recovered, 242 cumulative confirmed, 67 cumulative probable, 3,562 tests, 1 death.
* Wood: 621 active, 5,605 recovered, 4,772 cumulative confirmed, 1,554 probable, 73,842 tests, 100 deaths.
VACCINATIONS
The statewide COVID-19 vaccination registration system is scheduled to go online at 8 a.m. today at vaccinate.wv.gov.
People who cannot register online can call the Vaccine Info Line at 1-833-734-0965 to get help with pre-registration from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, according to a release from the DHHR.
People who were already placed on a waiting list through a local health department or medical provider, as well as those who received their first vaccine dose, will be added to the statewide system and do not need to re-register, the release said.
The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department started a stand-by list last week that drew 5,000 names on the first day. On Friday, the department announced on its Facebook page that it would no longer be taking additional names, at the state's request, so the existing list could be added to the new system.
Details on the next local vaccination clinic have not been announced.
FREE TESTING
* Pleasants County: noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, St. Marys Marina, 617 Riverside Drive, St. Marys.
* Wirt County: noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Matheny Funeral Home, 448 Juliana St., Elizabeth.
More information on testing events and locations is available online at https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.