PARKERSBURG — Energetic COVID-19 circumstances proceed to drop whereas hospitalizations stay at peak ranges, based on the West Virginia Division of Well being and Human Assets.
The state reported 13,344 lively circumstances as of Wednesday, barely down from 13,542 in Tuesday’s pandemic replace. The drop in lively circumstances has been steep for the reason that pandemic excessive of 29,744 on Sept. 17, which officers stated was pushed by the unvaccinated and the extra infectious delta variant of the virus.
Regionally, lively circumstances as of Wednesday (earlier day) are: Calhoun, 34 (35); Doddridge, 63 (63); Gilmer, 30 (35); Jackson, 249 (244); Pleasants, 67 (78); Ritchie, 106 (107); Roane, 129 (118); Tyler, 105 (113); Wetzel, 151 (149); Wirt, 67 (69); Wooden, 670 (684).
State well being officers predict hospitalizations and deaths will stay regular for a number of weeks to come back regardless of the decline of lively circumstances.
The state reported 974 folks within the hospital (81.4 % unvaccinated) with 298 sufferers in an intensive care unit (86.9 % unvaccinated) and 187 on ventilators (90.4 % unvaccinated). The numbers are a slight lower from Tuesday.
Memorial Well being System Wednesday stated 72 folks have been within the hospital with COVID-19, 61 of these unvaccinated. Fourteen sufferers are within the ICU with 13 unvaccinated and 12 individuals are on ventilators, 11 unvaccinated.
Numbers from WVU Drugs Camden Clark Medical Middle weren’t posted Wednesday.
Booster pictures will significantly enhance safety in opposition to the virus, Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s coronavirus czar, stated throughout Gov. Jim Justice’s briefing Wednesday.
The booster pictures, of which solely the Pfizer vaccine has thus far been accepted by the federal authorities, could have been administered at most nursing services by Friday, with all such services anticipated to be accomplished subsequent week, stated James Hoyer, who leads the interagency job drive on vaccines.
The state Wednesday confirmed one other 64 deaths from the virus, which incorporates many from a reconciliation with dying certificates by the Bureau of Public Well being.
The dying toll for the reason that pandemic started in 2020 is 3,642 folks.
Among the many deaths confirmed within the 24-hour interval from Tuesday to Wednesday have been an 86-year-old girl from Doddridge County, a 93-year-old girl from Pleasants County and a 52-year-old girl from Doddridge County. Deaths across the state ranged in age from 52 to 94.
Thirty-seven deaths have been reported from the reconciliation, together with a 68-year-old man from Pleasants County, a 48-year-old girl from Jackson County, a 73-year-old man from Wetzel County, a 75-year-old man from Tyler County, a 91-year-old man from Wetzel County, a 53-year-old girl from Wetzel County, a 77-year-old girl from Gilmer County, a 54-year-old man from Tyler County, a 53-year-old man from Wetzel County, a 79-year-old man from Calhoun County and a 72-year-old man from Wooden County.
“As we speak’s information of further losses is a heartbreaking reminder of the menace this virus presents,” DHHR Secretary Invoice J. Crouch stated. “Vaccines are protected and efficient, and in case you are eligible, please do your half to finish the pandemic by scheduling a COVID vaccine.”
On the County Alert System, Wetzel, Tyler, Wooden, Jackson and Wirt are among the many 30 red-level counties within the state. Pink is the best degree for an infection. Wetzel was orange, the second highest degree, on Tuesday.
Pleasants, Ritchie, Doddridge and Roane are orange. Gilmer is yellow, the second lowest degree, upgraded from the mid-level gold, and Calhoun is inexperienced, the bottom degree. 4 counties are inexperienced within the state.
The Mid-Ohio Valley Well being Division will maintain a Pfizer booster dose clinic 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday on the Pavilion at Metropolis Park by appointment solely. Recipients should have been born earlier than Oct. 1, 1956, and acquired the Pfizer vaccine, with the second dose administered earlier than April 1.
The well being division from midday to 4 p.m. at this time will maintain a free drive-thru and walk-up COVID testing occasion on the DuPont Worker Recreation Middle, 252 Downey Highway, Washington, W.Va.
COVID-19 walk-in vaccination clinics are held 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays at Marietta Memorial Hospital, 401 Matthew St.
