Ohio County:
Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is announcing eighteen (18) new cases of COVID-19 in Ohio County for Sunday, November 15, 2020. Currently, the health department reports a total of 1066cases, including twelve (12) deaths (the count was corrected, one was already counted, but not announced). Case surveillance, contact tracing, and monitoring continues for many of the reported cases.
Starting Monday, November 16th and running until Saturday, November 21st, the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department will hold free COVID-19 testing clinics at three locations in Ohio County.
Ohio County COVID Testing
November 9 – 14, 2020
11am-4pm
Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department
355 Fire House Lane, Valley Grove WV
Warwood Fire Station, Station 9
1301 Richland Avenue
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.
The Health Department is reminding residents that the county is currently ORANGE in the daily WVDHHR County Alert Map. Travel sports teams are prohibited from participating in games, practices, or other types of competition within counties designated as gold, orange, or red in the alert map. The restriction does not apply to teams that play in defined, relatively small geographic areas, such as within a single county or a few counties in the state. In addition, all purely social gatherings are limited to 10 individuals. The limitation does not apply to any activity, business, or entity that has been deemed essential, such as religious services, weddings, or group meetings, conferences, or other special events held for essential businesses and operations. Consult your local health department for more details.
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.
Ohio County and Ohio Valley residents are advised to limit public contact, implement social distancing, work at home where possible, wear a face-covering when out in public, indoors, or at work, wash your hands frequently, and contact your personal physician if you become ill with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing.
Marshall County:
The Marshall County Health Department received confirmation 25 new positive cases including male (teens), female (teens), female (40’s), male (40’s), female (60’s), female (30’s), female (3-years-old), female (60’s), female (20’s), female (70’s), female (60’s), male (30’s), female (60’s), male (preteen), male (50’s), female (80’s), female (80’s), male (30’s), female (20’s), male (20’s), female (20’s), female (50’s), female (60’s), male (teens), male (50’s). The probable cases include a female (90’s), male (70’s), female (30’s), female (70’s), male (80’s), male (70’s), female (50’s) and a male (teens).
This brings Marshall County to a total of 710 confirmed cases and 96 probable cases, 348 of which are in isolation at home, 9 hospitalized, 10 associated deaths and 439 whom have been released from isolation.
Everyone can assist in stopping this rapid increase of cases by wearing masks when in public, maintaining social distance and avoiding large scale events.
Due to Marshall County going RED, the Health Department will once again restart testing tomorrow.
11/16 Monday
11/17 Tuesday
11/18 Wednesday
10am – 2pm
Marshall County Health Department
11/19 Thursday
1pm – 5pm
Marshall County Health Department
11/20 Friday
11/21 Saturday
10am – 2pm
Marshall County Health Department
For more information, contact the Marshall County Health Department at 304-845-7840 or visit our Facebook page at Marshall County Health Department – WV.
