From Staff Reports
The state of West Virginia reached another somber milestone of the COVID-19 pandemic Friday, surpassing 2,000 COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began.
The Department of Health and Human Resources reported 23 new deaths in a 24-hour period in its Friday update. West Virginia now has experienced 2,006 COVID deaths since the pandemic’s start.
It took West Virginia until Dec.15 to reach 1,000 deaths. It took only until Friday to report the next 1,000.
Meanwhile, the rolling seven-day average of percent positivity has dropped throughout the state since Sunday. On that day, the percent positivity was 9.36. By Thursday, that number was cleaved by more than half to 4.66.
The state of West Virginia passed some major milestones in COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday.
According to the Department of Health and Human Resources, the state has eclipsed the marks of 175,000 first doses and 50,000 full vaccinations. Since the state started administering vaccines, it has given out 175,317 first doses and 51,741 second doses.
West Virginia has received 179,900 first doses and 98,500 second doses so far, meaning the state has administered 97.5 percent of the first doses it has received and 52.5 of the second doses.
Residents of Ohio, Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel counties age 65 and older who were able to register will get their opportunity to get vaccinated today at the Marshall County Fairgrounds’ Chevron Building.
Staff Writer
MOUNDSVILLE Phones in Marshall County were ringing off the hook so hard they briefly interrupted service at the county health department Wednesday morning, as tens of thousands of incoming calls were placed in an attempt to fill 400 slots for Friday’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Ohio and Marshall County health departments began taking calls to make appointments for Friday’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic, which will distribute 400 vaccines to residents in Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler counties. Lines opened at 8:30 a.m.; in short order, the phone lines became so busy that the automated systems, and even the pre-recorded messages, were knocked offline. Appointments were filled by a little after 9 a.m.
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Marshall County Citizens 70 and Older Can Receive Covid Vaccine
January 28, 2021
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Marshall County residents 70 years old or above can now receive the Covid Vaccine at the Marshall County Health Department. Call 359-1551 for an appointment.
Those residents 75 and older who received their 1st Covid vaccine on Saturday, January 2nd will receive their second Covid vaccine on Monday, February 1st at Preston Hopkins Park. Recipient should be contacted by phone and given those instructions from someone at the Health Department. If you are expecting a call and don’t recieve one, residents may call 931-490-8312 regarding second dose questions. This is the regional hotline number.
Ohio County slid back to red on Sunday’s state COVID alert map, so Ohio County Schools announced that Wheeling Park High School would stay on remote learning.