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CHARLESTON -- Active COVID-19 cases climbed to more than 900 between Wednesday and Thursday, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Thursday said.
Another seven deaths have been reported, raising the death count to 6,879.
The state reported 934 current active COVID-19 cases as of Thursday, up from 813 on Wednesday. Active cases were last in the thousand range in mid March.
The department also reported 374 new cases were received between Wednesday and Thursday.
Active cases in Wood County were 16 on Thursday, double from eight on Wednesday.
Current active cases per in local counties on Thursday were (previous day): Calhoun 3 (3), Doddridge 2 (2), Gilmer 0 (0), Jackson 5 (5), Pleasants 3 (3), Ritchie (3), Roane 7 (8), Tyler 3 (1), Wetzel 4 (5) and Wirt 1 (0).
Four counties are in the yellow zone on the County Alert System Map, Logan, Jefferson, Putnam and Fayette. Yellow is second lowest. All other counties in the state are green, lowest alert level based on infection rates.
Hospitalizations were reported at 111, 51 of those unvaccinated. Twenty-five patients are in an intensive care unit with 14 of those unvaccinated. Nine people are on a ventilator, four unvaccinated.
Two pediatric cases and one in an ICU were reported.
Fifteen staff and eight inmate cases were reported by the Division of Corrections.
The state has confirmed the deaths of a 72-year-old woman from Wyoming County, a 64-year-old woman from Raleigh County, a 97-year-old man from Pocahontas County, a 63-year-old man from Raleigh County and a 77-year-old man from Pocahontas County.
Thursday's death report includes two found during the data reconciliation with death certificates by the Bureau of Public Health. Those deaths were in March and were an 84-year-old woman from Kanawha County and a 90-year-old woman from Wood County.
"As we continue the fight against this pandemic, we are saddened by the loss of more West Virginians," department Secretary Bill J. Crouch said. "West Virginians believe in taking care of each other, and we must continue keeping the health of our neighbors and friends in mind through prevention including vaccination and booster shots."