From STAFF REPORTS
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department reported two more COVID-related deaths in the county in its Tuesday night update. There now have been 64 such deaths in Ohio County since the pandemic began.
The department also reported six new positive COVID-19 cases, bringing that total to 3,574.
The Marshall County Health Department reported 14 new confirmed positive COVID cases and eight new probable cases. That brings that county’s totals to 2,215 confirmed cases, 590 probable cases, eight hospitalizations and 58 associated deaths.
Marshall County was the only county among the four in the Northern Panhandle to remain red, the highest-risk category, on the Department of Health and Human Resources Tuesday COVID-19 alert map. Hancock, Brooke and Ohio counties all were orange, a step above red on the category list.
From Staff Reports
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
January was the deadliest month for West Virginia for COVID-19, while new numbers show that infections, hospitalizations, and deaths seem to be slowing down.
According to data from the Department of Health and Human Resources, 686 West Virginians died from the coronavirus in January, beating December’s total of 603 deaths by 14 percent. As of Jan. 31, the state lost 2,028 residents to COVID-19.
The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Departments regret to report the Covid-19 related death of a Putnam County male in his 60’s. This brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths in the Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Departments’ service area to eighty-eight. There have been seventy-two Covid-19 related deaths in Bureau County, thirteen in Marshall County and three in Putnam County.
“On behalf of the entire staff at the Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments, I extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of this victim of Covid-19.” Said Hector Gomez, Administrator of the BPMHCD.
“Despite the progress of the Covid-19 vaccination process, we continue to need everyone’s cooperation in order to further reduce the spread of this disease until medical interventions become widely available. The only way to accomplish that is to follow the guidelines.”
An initially restricted supply of COVID-19 vaccines seems to be loosening for some area counties, as Indiana. Gov. Eric Holcomb recently announced the state would receive 13,000 more doses, raising
JIM COCHRAN
The Marshall County Park and Recreation Board along with the leadership team at Grand Vue Park announced this past week that the park has entered into a partnership with Applied Adventure Consulting, which will allow the company to operate and manage all of the aerial adventures at the park. The new partnership will begin this spring.
According to park General Manager Craig White, the team at Applied Adventure is comprised of professionals who have helped to shape the zip line, ropes course and aerial adventure industry since the early 2000s. Their work has included managing aerial adventure parks in California and North Carolina.