MONDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT - 1,482 NEW CASES - 6,000 Active Cases, Calhoun Has Four New Cases Since Friday

(08/17/2021)
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West Virginia health officials reported two new COVID-19 deaths and 1,482 (two days) new positive cases since Friday’s data update.

There were 5,949 active cases Monday morning. The state’s cumulative positive test rate was at 4.96%. The daily positive test rate increased from 1.44% Friday to 9.14% Monday.

Calhoun has four new cases since Friday.

Gov. Jim Justice has left it up to 55 county school systems whether to mask, a non-scientific approach to a world-wide pandemic.

There were 324 patients in hospitals, including 110 in the intensive care unit and 44 using ventilators.

COVID-19 recoveries were at 164,552.

Delta variant cases of the coronavirus were at 322, likely unreported.

The state’s data shows 0.32% of fully vaccinated people in the state have gotten COVID. The data also shows 0.006% of those who are fully vaccinated have died from the virus.

Following are the latest county virus numbers: Barbour (1,631), Berkeley (13,587), Boone (2,262), Braxton (1,087), Brooke (2,309), Cabell (9,578), Calhoun (419), Clay (579), Doddridge (668), Fayette (3,809), Gilmer (939), Grant (1,352), Greenbrier (2,977), Hampshire (1,993), Hancock (2,928), Hardy (1,622), Harrison (6,537), Jackson (2,380), Jefferson (5,007), Kanawha (16,231), Lewis (1,516), Lincoln (1,666), Logan (3,484), Marion (4,926), Marshall (3,789), Mason (2,245), McDowell (1,740), Mercer (5,494), Mineral (3,069), Mingo (2,903), Monongalia (9,736), Monroe (1,281), Morgan (1,324), Nicholas (2,029), Ohio (4,539), Pendleton (729), Pleasants (993), Pocahontas (731), Preston (3,038), Putnam (5,716), Raleigh (7,474), Randolph (3,033), Ritchie (798), Roane (714), Summers (896), Taylor (1,409), Tucker (583), Tyler (804), Upshur (2,251), Wayne (3,437), Webster (639), Wetzel (1,543), Wirt (481), Wood (8,363), Wyoming (2,211).