Marshall County:
Marshall County Health Department received confirmation today of the ninth death of a Marshall County resident associated to COVID-19. Today, we lost a 80-year-old female who was a resident of a long-term care facility at the time of her passing.
Our hearts are heavy with the loss of another 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 female during this difficult time.
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 674 confirmed cases and 86 probable cases, 313 of which are in isolation at home, 10 hospitalized, 9 associated deaths and 428 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.
We recommend that those coming to one of our community testing events, go to wv.getmycovidresult.com and register for an account. Bring the QR code you receive to the testing event and you will be able to track your test from your account. This makes it MUCH, MUCH easier to be able to obtain your results and to print your results from home.
Community testing at Cameron has been cancelled ongoing due to need for the National Guard in other communities at this time. Community testing events will be held at the following locations
November 14
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Marshall County Health Department
513 6th Street
Moundsville, WV
For more information, contact the Marshall County Health Department at 304-845-7840 or visit our Facebook page at Marshall County Health Department – WV.
Ohio County:
Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is announcing nineteen (19) new positive cases of COVID-19 in Ohio County for Friday, November 13, 2020. Currently, the health department reports a total of 993 cases, including ten (10) deaths. Case surveillance, contact tracing, and monitoring continues for many of the reported cases. During the community mass testing today (11/13/2020), the health department performed 222 COVID-19 tests on Ohio Valley residents.
Starting Monday, November 9th and running until Saturday, November 14th, the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department will hold free COVID-19 testing clinics at three locations in Ohio County. Testing clinics will continue during the week of November 16-21, 2020 at the same locations.
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 (NEW LOCATION)
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 GOLD 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.
