CHARLESTON, W.Va. — COVID-19 hospitalizations in West Virginia have fallen to their lowest level since Nov. 11, 2020, according to information released Monday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
There are currently 319 patients in hospitals across the state. Eighty of those patients are in ICU, which is the lowest that number has been since Oct. 31, 2020.
The number of COVID-19 tests were down over the weekend. The DHHR did report 301 new cases Monday. The daily positivity test rate is 5.19%. Active COVID-19 cases have fallen to 11,683, the lowest number of active cases since Nov. 18, 2020.
For a second straight day, there were no counties in the red on Monday’s COVID-19 daily alert map. There are now 12 counties listed as green, the lowest level of spread.
The DHHR reported two additional deaths Monday including an 84-year old female from Lewis County and a 53-year old male from Ohio County. Overall deaths are now at 2,212.
The state says more than 140,000 state residents have now been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
.@WV_DHHR reports as of February 15, 2021, there have been 2,065,565 total confirmatory laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 127,889 total cases and 2,212 total deaths. https://t.co/a2XvZR28xX pic.twitter.com/CagOCxSWs4
— WV Department of Health & Human Resources • ? (@WV_DHHR) February 15, 2021
Overall confirmed cases per county include: Barbour (1,159), Berkeley (9,437), Boone (1,524), Braxton (764), Brooke (1,970), Cabell (7,529), Calhoun (218), Clay (369), Doddridge (450), Fayette (2,566), Gilmer (676), Grant (1,034), Greenbrier (2,362), Hampshire (1,474), Hancock (2,555), Hardy (1,246), Harrison (4,740), Jackson (1,654), Jefferson (3,520), Kanawha (11,689), Lewis (992), Lincoln (1,187), Logan (2,604), Marion (3,577), Marshall (2,956), Mason (1,741), McDowell (1,323), Mercer (4,099), Mineral (2,560), Mingo (2,070), Monongalia (7,610), Monroe (927), Morgan (903), Nicholas (1,142), Ohio (3,543), Pendleton (610), Pleasants (792), Pocahontas (576), Preston (2,485), Putnam (4,062), Raleigh (4,516), Randolph (2,333), Ritchie (599), Roane (486), Summers (691), Taylor (1,067), Tucker (488), Tyler (604), Upshur (1,620), Wayne (2,559), Webster (283), Wetzel (1,054), Wirt (340), Wood (6,856), Wyoming (1,698).