BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – The West Virginia Division of Well being and Human Sources (DHHR) stories as of Could 13, 2022, there are at the moment 1,658 energetic COVID-19 circumstances statewide.
There have been no deaths reported to DHHR over the past 24 hours, and whole deaths stay at 6,893 attributed to COVID-19.
Throughout Friday’s briefing, Gov. Justice and West Virginia Joint Interagency Activity Pressure Director Jim Hoyer as soon as once more urged all West Virginians to make use of the state’s new Vaccine Calculator to test in the event that they’re up-to-date on their photographs.
“Our Vaccine Calculator is now at over 220,000 folks have accomplished the calculations. This week alone, greater than 20,000 folks used the vaccine calculator,” stated Director Hoyer. “We have now some updates that at the moment are on the calculator for healthcare suppliers.”
“You’ve gotta get your boosters and vaccinations after which go reside your life,” stated Gov. Justice. “We all know that is manageable now and we actually must make the most of that.”
All West Virginians ages 5 and older are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. After the first sequence, first booster photographs are really helpful for these ages 12 and older.
Second booster photographs are really helpful for all West Virginians ages 50 and over who’re additionally a minimum of 4 months faraway from their first booster dose, in addition to sure youthful immunocompromised people ages 12 and older.
All West Virginians who qualify can get a second booster dose wherever vaccines can be found.
As of Friday, the DHHR reveals 57 % of the eligible inhabitants vaccinated and 66 % with a minimum of one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
In response to DHHR knowledge, 469,406 West Virginians have acquired a COVID-19 booster shot.
On the state’s County Alert System map, 20 counties are color-coded yellow, indicating a barely elevated an infection price. The remainder of the map is color-coded inexperienced.
Proper now, there are 14,855 reported circumstances of the COVID-19 variant Delta and 4,882 reported circumstances of Omicron.
As of Friday, 129 COVID-19 optimistic West Virginians are within the hospital, 24 have been admitted to the ICU and 11 are on ventilators.
There are at the moment 4 pediatric COVID-19 sufferers. One pediatric COVID affected person has been admitted to the ICU.
496,977 West Virginians have recovered from COVID-19 issues.
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (9), Berkeley (132), Boone (28), Braxton (4), Brooke (13), Cabell (98), Calhoun (3), Clay (4), Doddridge (5), Fayette (38), Gilmer (3), Grant (0), Greenbrier (92), Hampshire (4), Hancock (26), Hardy (8), Harrison (79), Jackson (10), Jefferson (90), Kanawha (160), Lewis (8), Lincoln (22), Logan (36), Marion (95), Marshall (23), Mason (20), McDowell (10), Mercer (38), Mineral (14), Mingo (4), Monongalia (103), Monroe (36), Morgan (10), Nicholas (16), Ohio (67), Pendleton (16), Pleasants (1), Pocahontas (2), Preston (17), Putnam (35), Raleigh (88), Randolph (16), Ritchie (3), Roane (3), Summers (9), Taylor (20), Tucker (4), Tyler (6), Upshur (31), Wayne (43), Webster (4), Wetzel (3), Wirt (1), Wooden (37), Wyoming (11). To search out the cumulative circumstances per county, please go to www.coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Abstract tab which is sortable by county.
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