Ohio County adds 42 new COVID-19 positive cases over weekend; free testing sites set
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On Saturday and Sunday, Ohio County added 42 new positive COVID-19 cases, according to information from the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department.
This continues more than a week of double-digit cases being reported each day. New cases in the county led this week to Wheeling Middle School moving to remote learning.
Due to the increasing cases, and the county moving from green to yellow on Friday, the health department has set free COVID testing clinics starting Monday and going until Saturday. There are three locations for the testing, which is set to take place from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day:
— Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 355 Fire House Lane, Valley Grove WV
— West Liberty Volunteer Fire Department, 1333 Van meter Way, West Liberty WV
— Wheeling Island Fire Department, Station 5, 11 North Wabash Street
The free clinics are for those with or without symptoms and no insurance is needed. Participants need to bring a driver’s license, photo ID or other proof of address. No residency restrictions. Patients under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a drive-up testing clinic and participants will be tested either in their personal vehicles or at a walk-up location near the testing sites. This special clinic is being hosted by the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department and the Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency. For more information call the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department at (304) 234-3682.
Investigation to date indicates that cases are associated with travel, group events including family gatherings, cases at K-12 and higher education centers, and cases with no other risk factor, which can be an indicator of active community spread. The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is monitoring multiple outbreaks among facilities in Ohio County.