West Virginia’s COVID-19 Outlook Keeps Brightening

West Virginia’s outlook on the Department of Health and Human Resources COVID-19 alert map continued to look good Wednesday. None of the state’s 55 counties were in the map’s highest-risk category and less than a fifth were in the second-highest-risk category. There were no red counties ...

Marshall County Reports 62nd COVID Death

The Marshall County Health Department reported one new COVID-19-related death in its Tuesday night report, the 62nd such death since the pandemic began. Tuesday’s reported death was that of a 79-year-old man hospitalized at the time of his passing. The county also reported 16 new confirmed positive cases and four new probable cases Tuesday, bringing its totals to 2,301 confirmed cases, 614 probable cases and six hospitalizations. The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department reported seven new positive cases in its Tuesday update. That brought Ohio County’s totals to 3,702 ...

COVID-19 Claims Officer at Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville

State officials on Monday reported the death of a second correctional officer — a Weirton resident — from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Lt. Delmar Dean, 49, died on Saturday, Gov. Jim Justice, said Monday morning during his regular pandemic briefing. Dean was an officer at the Northern ...

Northern Regional Jail officer dies from COVID-19 complications

State officials on Monday reported the death of a second correctional officer -- a Weirton resident -- from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Lt. Delmar Dean, 49, died on Saturday, Gov. Jim Justice, said Monday morning during his regular pandemic briefing. Dean was an officer at the Northern Regional ...

Hancock County Goes Green on West Virginia COVID-19 Map

The number of green counties on West Virginia’s Sunday COVID-19 alert kept rising — and a Northern Panhandle county joined the party. Meanwhile, the map was totally absent of red counties for the first time in a long time. Hancock County was one of 15 counties on Sunday’s Department ...