CHARLESTON (THN). – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of March 2, 2022, there are currently 2,143 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 42 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,381 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 68-year old female from Ohio County, an 83-year old male from Mercer County, a 75-year old female from Taylor County, a 57-year old female from Kanawha County, a 51-year old male from Cabell County, a 79-year old male from Monongalia County, a 67-year old female from Kanawha County, a 79-year old male from Berkeley County, an 86-year old female from Wood County, a 78-year old female from Harrison County, a 65-year old male from Wood County, a 92-year old female from Grant County, a 79-year old female from Kanawha County, an 81-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 62-year old male from Fayette County, a 58-year old male from Ohio County, and a 92-year old female from Wood County.
Included in the total deaths reported on the dashboard as a result of the Bureau for Public Health’s continuing data reconciliation with the official death certificate are an 82-year old female from Braxton County, an 80-year old female from Wyoming County, a 74-year old female from Wyoming County, a 72-year old female from Wyoming County, a 73-year old female from Fayette County, an 85-year old female from Wyoming County, a 79-year old female from Berkeley County, an 81-year old female from Raleigh County, a 93-year old female from Preston County, a 60-year old male from Wood County, a 45-year old male from Monroe County, a 60-year old female from Mineral County, a 63-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 68-year old male from Tyler County, a 94-year old female from Summers County, a 40-year old male from Calhoun County, a 71-year old female from Harrison County, an 81-year old male from Marion County, a 67-year old male from Kanawha County, a 95-year old female from Hancock County, a 93-year old female from Pendleton County, an 85-year old female from Cabell County, a 100-year old female from Mercer County, an 86-year old female from Raleigh County, and a 91-year old male from Logan County. These deaths range from January 2022 through February 2022.
“COVID-19 has hurt far too many West Virginia families,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Protect yourself and your loved ones by receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and booster shot.”
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (30), Berkeley (78), Boone (16), Braxton (19), Brooke (19), Cabell (96), Calhoun (15), Clay (13), Doddridge (8), Fayette (76), Gilmer (4), Grant (6), Greenbrier (54), Hampshire (27), Hancock (12), Hardy (12), Harrison (125), Jackson (16), Jefferson (39), Kanawha (172), Lewis (13), Lincoln (19), Logan (50), Marion (87), Marshall (26), Mason (42), McDowell (47), Mercer (120), Mineral (21), Mingo (27), Monongalia (103), Monroe (13), Morgan (11), Nicholas (60), Ohio (32), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (10), Pocahontas (3), Preston (52), Putnam (57), Raleigh (117), Randolph (21), Ritchie (23), Roane (17), Summers (11), Taylor (36), Tucker (16), Tyler (5), Upshur (55), Wayne (38), Webster (15), Wetzel (16), Wirt (4), Wood (97), Wyoming (41). To find the cumulative cases per county, please visit www.coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Summary tab which is sortable by county.
Delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Please visit www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more detailed information.
West Virginians ages 5 years and older are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Booster shots are also available for those 12 and older. To learn more about the vaccine, or to find a vaccine site near you, visit vaccinate.wv.gov or call 1-833-734-0965.
