From STAFF REPORTS
All four Northern Panhandle counties were in “red” on the state’s Sunday COVID alert map. They had plenty of company.
Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall counties were among 32 “red” counties on the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources map.
Hancock and Brooke were among five counties in the state with an infection rate of at least 100 cases per 100,000 residents. Hancock had an infection rate of 118.51 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 16.43.
Brooke had an infection rate of 115.25 and a percent positivity of 16.36.
Ohio County had an infection rate of 79.34 cases per 100,000 and a percent positivity of 11.84, while Marshall County had an infection rate of 61.76 and a percent positivity of 10.95.