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Ohio County Back to ‘Red’ on COVID-19 Alert Map

Ohio County slipped back into “red” on West Virginia’s COVID-19 alert map Thursday, as the entire Northern Panhandle remained in the map’s highest-risk categories.

Ohio joined Hancock and Brooke counties in “red” the state Department of Health and Human Resources alert map, its highest risk category, while Marshall County was in “orange,” the second-highest-risk category.

Ohio County had an infection rate of 67.61 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 8.64, while Marshall County had an infection rate of 57.08 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 7.61.

The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department reported another 43 new positive COVID cases in its Thursday night update. That put the county’s total at 2,257 positive cases and 33 COVID-related deaths.

The Marshall County Health Department reported 24 new confirmed positive cases and one new probable case Thursday. That put the county’s totals at 1,496 confirmed cases and 250 probable cases, 12 hospitalizations and 40 associated deaths.

Hancock County had an infection rate of 134.87 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 10.80. Hancock’s was the highest infection rate of West Virginia’s 55 counties Thursday. Brooke County had an infection rate of 105.49 cases per 100,000 residents and a percent positivity of 11.05.

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