Three deaths reported as active COVID-19 cases continue to climb across West Virginia | News, Sports, Jobs

CHARLESTON — After weeks of being flooded with inexperienced, West Virginia’s County Alert Map sported a greater variety of colours Monday because the variety of COVID-19 instances statewide continued to climb.

Simply 18 of the state’s 55 counties — together with Calhoun, Doddridge, Pleasants and Roane — had been marked with inexperienced, denoting the bottom charge of an infection or proportion of constructive assessments. Wooden, Wirt, Gilmer, Jackson and Ritchie counties are yellow, the second lowest.

To the north, Tyler County is in the course of the spectrum, at gold, whereas Wetzel County is orange, second highest.

Two counties within the state are on the highest alert degree, crimson — Marshall and Webster counties.

Lively instances of the virus in native counties Monday (Friday’s report): Calhoun, 2 (4); Doddridge, 6 (7); Gilmer, 7 (5); Jackson, 28 (18); Pleasants, 7 (4); Ritchie, 11 (4); Roane, 5 (6) Tyler, 16 (13); Wetzel, 42 (36); Wirt, 8 (4); Wooden, 82 (62).

The West Virginia Division of Well being and Human Assets introduced the affirmation of three extra COVID-19 deaths Monday — an 85-year-old man from Fayette County, a 78-year-old man from Lewis County and a 78-year-old girl from Logan County.

“Each life misplaced to this lethal virus leaves a gap in a household, a group and our state,” DHHR Cupboard Secretary Invoice J. Crouch mentioned. “I provide my deepest sympathies to all who’re mourning a beloved one immediately and encourage all West Virginians to obtain their COVID-19 vaccine.”

There have been 2,949 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in West Virginia because the pandemic started in early 2020.