POLL REVEALS COUNTY-BY-COUNTY EFFORTS WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING - Most WV Counties Given "D"

(04/04/2020)

According to a new study, our region has done a poor job of social distancing. According to a study from Unacast, most of our region received a ’D’ letter grade in social distancing. Calhoun received a "D." Unacast compared current location data to data collected before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The counties in our region with the worst grades are Roane and Braxton counties, which both received an ’F’. The best graded county is Cabell County, with a ’B-’. The data includes changes in time spent around the home and total distance traveled. West Virginia: D Kentucky: D Ohio: C – Virginia: D Maryland: B- Pennsylvania: B- North Carolina: D The United States as a whole received an average score of a “C.” County by County Results (worst to best): Roane County: F; Braxton County: F; Fayette County: D-; Mason County: D-; Nicholas County: D-; Boone County: D; Calhoun County: D; Clay County: D; Jackson County, WV: D; Logan County: D; Putnam County: D; Wayne County: D; Wirt County: D; Kanawha County: C-; Mingo County: C; Wood County: C.

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