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CHARLESTON Two Wood County residents and one Jackson County resident were among the COVID deaths, reported Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
The DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 79-year-old female from Wood County, an 80-year-old male from Wood County and an 81-year-old male from Jackson County.
The DHHR also confirmed the deaths of a 64-year-old female from Lincoln County, a 68-year-old female from Logan County, an 85-year-old male from Boone County, a 53-year-old male from Lincoln County, a 53-year-old female from Cabell County, an 81-year-old male from Marion County, a 64-year-old male from Kanawha County, a 71-year-old female from Wayne County, a 71-year-old male from Preston County, an 80-year-old male from Cabell County, a 69-year-old female from Logan County and a 74-year-old female from Boone County.
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg Municipal Building maintenance worker Westley Lockhart cleaned the handles of the doors to City Council chambers on March 13, 2020, as officials in Parkersburg and other municipalities were grappling with how to respond to the burgeoning pandemic. (File Photo) The parking lot at Grand Central Mall in Vienna was mostly empty on April 10, 2020,more than two weeks after it temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (File Photo) Parkersburg City Council met in its chambers for the first time in more than a month on June 2, 2020, and approved the final reading of an ordinance creating a $500 B&O tax exemption to assist businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (File Photo)
CHARLESTON – A 91-year-old Wood County woman was among the COVID-19 deaths reported Thursday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
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CHARLESTON The state of West Virginia is trying to learn why 168 COVID-19 deaths were not reported, officials said Wednesday.
Gov. Jim Justice during his pandemic briefing said the deaths were unreported to the state and most were in hospitals, hospice groups, long-term care facilities and two in the correctional system. The total is 7.2 percent of the 2,330 deaths attributed to the virus in West Virginia since the pandemic began.
Justice, who said he only learned of the number of non-reported deaths 45 minutes before the briefing began Wednesday morning, was upset. He plans to read the entire list of 168 people on Friday during a pandemic briefing.