Active COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Drop in West Virginia on Monday

July 18, 2022

Mountaineer News

COVID-19 Tracker

CHARLESTON, WV - Virus-related hospitalizations and active COVID-19 cases dropped in West Virginia on Monday.

The state’s hospitalization total decreased by eight to 303 on Monday, including 32 people in intensive care (down six) and 10 people on ventilators (up three), according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

West Virginia’s active case total dipped back below 3,000 as well, dropping to 2,859 since the DHHR's last update on Friday. Officials reported 2,024 new positive cases over the weekend.

The daily positive test rate came in at 18.70%, pushing the cumulative total from 8.23% to 8.24%.

There were 45 yellow counties in the DHHR’s daily alert map, and Wyoming County was gold. Nine counties – Jackson, Wirt, Summers, Randolph, Preston, Mineral, Morgan, Brooke and Hancock – were green.

Following is a breakdown of active cases by county:

Barbour (21), Berkeley (147), Boone (51), Braxton (19), Brooke (14), Cabell (173), Calhoun (6), Clay (12), Doddridge (7), Fayette (93), Gilmer (9), Grant (19), Greenbrier (62), Hampshire (42), Hancock (18), Hardy (23), Harrison (128), Jackson (20), Jefferson (64), Kanawha (271), Lewis (29), Lincoln (36), Logan (50), Marion (100), Marshall (47), Mason (47), McDowell (43), Mercer (160), Mineral (32), Mingo (41), Monongalia (152), Monroe (24), Morgan (13), Nicholas (51), Ohio (57), Pendleton (4), Pleasants (17), Pocahontas (17), Preston (21), Putnam (99), Raleigh (189), Randolph (12), Ritchie (15), Roane (38), Summers (9), Taylor (22), Tucker (11), Tyler (14), Upshur (35), Wayne (33), Webster (16), Wetzel (35), Wirt (0), Wood (133), Wyoming (58).

No new COVID-19-related deaths were reported Monday, keeping the state’s total during the pandemic at 7,102.