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ebevins@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — Fewer overall tests with more positive results drove West Virginia’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate over 10 percent, according to the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ daily update Tuesday. “We know that COVID transmission is going up in West Virginia and around the country,” said Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s coronavirus czar. The higher positivity rate also reflects “some reduction in testing because we’ve gotten refocused on vaccines and vaccine distribution,” he said. The percentage of tests coming back positive hit 1...

UPDATE: W.Va. reports 21 deaths, 1,337 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday © Provided by Parkersburg WTAP-TV Coronavirus in West Virginia UPDATE: 12/29/20 11:45 A.M. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTAP) - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported 21 deaths and 1,337 new COVID-19 cases in statistics updated Tuesday morning, leaving the state with 1,284 deaths and 82,773 cases. The deaths confirmed by the DHHR included three Greenbrier County residents, a 67-year-old woman, an 80-year0old man and an 88-year-old woman; three Hancock County residents, a 74-year-old man, an 80-year-old ...

editorial@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — Seven Mid-Ohio Valley counties were red on West Virginia’s COVID-19 map Monday, indicating high rates of spread for the novel coronavirus. In Wood, Ritchie and Tyler counties, the statistics for infections per 100,000 people and percentage of tests with positive results have been in the red for the last week, according to data posted on the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ COVID-19 dashboard. Doddridge and Jackson counties transitioned from orange to red Dec. 17 when their percent positivity rose into the red like their infecti...

roberteenoch@gmail.com The Methodist church shown above was dedicated in 1877. Situated at the corner of Fifth and Juliana streets, it replaced a former Methodist Church that burned in 1873. It may have been bell-ringing from the tower shown above that “annoyed” one of the writers below. Today the site of the former church is a parking lot for Trinity Episcopal Church. Formerly, Dudley’s Florist and Miller’s Furniture occupied the site. (Photo Provided) EDITOR’S NOTE: The following historical excerpts contain descriptive language that would be understood today to be offensive and wo...

Staff Report CHARLESTON — The death toll from the virus in West Virginia passed the 1,000 mark Tuesday, according to the Department of Health and Human Resources. Thirty-four deaths have been confirmed in the 24-hour period from Monday morning to Tuesday morning, raising the number of dead from the COVID-19 coronavirus since the pandemic began to 1,012, the department said in its Tuesday morning update. The death list included a 52-year-old man from Ritchie County, a 63-year-old woman from Pleasants County, an 84-year-old man from Roane County and a 78-year-old woman from Jackson County. Th...