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Both Marshall and Ohio counties listed new COVID-19 deaths in their Thursday night reports. The one death the Marshall County Health Department reported was of an 83-year-old woman who was hospitalized at the time of her passing. The eight deaths reported by the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department were part of the 168 who weren't counted in December and January. These eight deaths were identified through state and local surveillance data and death certificate data matching, according to the department.
The Marshall County Health Department also reported six new confirmed positive and one new probable COVID-19 cases, bringing that county's totals to 2,401 confirmed cases, 660 probable cases, two hospitalizations and 63 associated deaths.
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department announced 12 new positive COVID-19 cases, bringing that county's totals to 3,862 cases and 74 related deaths.
Meanwhile, all four Northern Panhandle counties were green on the Thursday COVID-19 alert map from the Department of Health and Human Resources.
Hancock County had an infection rate of 2.98 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 0.80. Brooke County had an infection rate of 7.81 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 1.99.
Ohio County had an infection rate of 11.38 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 2.05. Marshall County had an infection rate of 17.78 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 3.00.