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CHARLESTON -- Active cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus continued to roller coaster Monday in West Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Resources said.
Active cases were at 3,057 on Monday, down from 3,414 active cases reported Friday morning. Cases were 3,036 on Thursday.
While the drop over the weekend was more than 350, the department Monday morning also reported 2,109 new cases of the virus were received since the last update on Friday.
Active cases in local counties (previous report) were: Calhoun 4 (8), Doddridge 5 (8), Gilmer 10 (10), Jackson 31 (56), Pleasants, 7 (8), Ritchie 18 (15), Roane 31 (41), Tyler 12 (14), Wetzel 26 (19), Wirt 8 (10), Wood 223 (234.)
Four deaths also were reported on Monday, raising the count since the pandemic started about 30 months ago to 7,188.
The department has confirmed the deaths of a 74-year-old man from Fayette County, an 82-year-old woman from Mason County, a 51-year-old woman from Boone County and a 59-year-old woman from Putnam County.
"Today we remember not only each life lost to COVID, but each member of our healthcare system who continues to respond to this terrible disease," department Secretary Bill J. Crouch said. "Please do your part to help our state in its battle to prevent additional deaths by choosing to receive your vaccine and booster shot."
On the County Alert System Map based on infection rates, 11 counties are green, lowest rate, and three are gold, mid level. No counties are orange or red, highest levels of infection on the map.
Pleasants, Doddridge, Jackson, Wirt, and Calhoun are green. Wetzel, Tyler, Wood, Ritchie, Gilmer and Roane are yellow, second lowest.
Fifty staff and 78 inmates have the virus, the Division of Corrections said. Nineteen inmates are at the North Central Regional Jail and two are the St. Marys Correctional Center.
Hospitalizations rose by 10 since Friday to 371 patients statewide, the department said. Of those, 196 patients are unvaccinated.
Sixty-nine patients are in an intensive care unit, 44 unvaccinated, and 19 are on ventilators.
Seven pediatric patients in an ICU were reported.
Hospitalizations peaked at around 1,100 in January and February.