COVID-19 WV MONDAY REPORT - 1,070 NEW CASES, CALHOUN ADDS FIVE NEW CASES SINCE SUNDAY

(01/12/2021)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported 12 COVID-19 deaths for the second day in a row on Monday.

Calhoun has added five new cases since Sunday.

There have been 1,594 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic started. The state also added 1,070 new cases Monday, pushing its total from the virus to 102,282. The active total is now 29,257.

The overall positive test rate increased from 5.35% to 5.38% Monday while the daily positive test rate came in at 8.77%. There are currently 755 people in the hospital with the coronavirus, including 212 in intensive care and 104 people on ventilators.

At least 71,431 West Virginians have recovered from the coronavirus.

The state reports it has administered 1,425 doses of the coronavirus vaccine since Sunday. The state has received 109,440 doses and administered 92,070.

Following is a breakdown of total positive cases by county: Barbour (1,083), Berkeley (7,538), Boone (1,215), Braxton (632), Brooke (1,643), Cabell (6,066), Calhoun (174), Clay (286), Doddridge (316), Fayette (2,052), Gilmer (494), Grant (879), Greenbrier (1,877), Hampshire (1,164), Hancock (2,173), Hardy (995), Harrison (3,681), Jackson (1,392), Jefferson (2,795), Kanawha (9,776), Lewis (654), Lincoln (947), Logan (1,965), Marion (2,546), Marshall (2,421), Mason (1,218), McDowell (1,091), Mercer (3,508), Mineral (2,259), Mingo (1,656), Monongalia (6,110), Monroe (756), Morgan (781), Nicholas (834), Ohio (2,884), Pendleton (405), Pleasants (690), Pocahontas (419), Preston (2,024), Putnam (3,335), Raleigh (3,323), Randolph (1,565), Ritchie (462), Roane (361), Summers (574), Taylor (846), Tucker (406), Tyler (441), Upshur (1,180), Wayne (1,972), Webster (195), Wetzel (816), Wirt (268), Wood (5,806) and Wyoming (1,333).