The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is announcing one (1) COVID-19 associated death for December 13, 2020. The individual was a resident of a local long-term care facility at the time of their death.
Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is announcing twenty-six (26) new cases of COVID-19 in Ohio County for December 13, 2020. Currently, the health department reports a total of 2110 cases (one case was transferred to another county), including thirty (30) deaths. Case surveillance, contact tracing, and monitoring continue for many of the reported cases.
Starting Monday, December 14th, and running until December 19th, the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department will hold free COVID-19 testing clinics at three locations in Ohio County.
Ohio County COVID Testing
December 14-December 19, 2020
11:00am – 4:00pm
Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 355 Fire House Lane, Valley Grove WV
Warwood Fire Station, Station 9, 1301 Richland Avenue
Wheeling Island Fire Station, 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.
