Ohio County:
Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is announcing fourth-four (44) new cases of COVID-19 in Ohio County for Friday, November 20, 2020. Currently, the health department reports a total of 1299 cases, including sixteen (16) deaths. Case surveillance, contact tracing, and monitoring continues for many of the reported cases. During the community mass testing today (11/20/2020), the health department performed 195 COVID-19 tests on Ohio Valley residents.
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 16-21, 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:
Marshall County Health Department received confirmation today of 1 death of a Marshall County resident associated to COVID-19. Today, we received notification that we lost a 80-year-old male who was a resident of a long term care facility.
Our hearts are heavy with the loss of this Marshall County resident associated with COVID-19. The thoughts and prayers of the staff at the Health Department and all county offices are with the family and friends of this gentleman during this difficult time.
The Marshall County Health Department also received confirmation 25 new positive cases and 14 new probable cases. The Health Department continues to work on investigations and contact tracing. Due to the extraordinary demand on the staff, we will not be providing a detailed listing of each of these cases at this time due to these time constraints. Cases have been transferred from probable to positive due to confirmation testing.
This brings Marshall County to a total of 880 confirmed cases and 123 probable cases, 388 of which are in isolation at home, 16 hospitalized, 14 associated deaths and 586 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 remaining RED, the Health Department will continue with the listed testing:
11/21/2020 10am – 2pm
11/23/2020 10am – 2pm
11/24/2020 10am – 2pm
11/25/2020 9am – 12pm
All testing to be conducted at the Health Department. For more information, contact the Marshall County Health
