Vaccination clinics continue this week, with WVU Medicine entering the arena; still, all North Central West Virginia appointments filled from wait list

The focus continues to be on the age 80-plus population, although the wait list is open to anyone 65 and older, he said.

To be placed on the wait list for regional vaccination clinics in Harrison County, individuals can call 304-423-7969.

In Monongalia County, the health department will hold a vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday.

“Appointments will be made from our existing lists of individuals who have called and asked for a vaccine. Individuals 80 and older will be the priority,” said Mary Wade Burnside, public information officer for the Monongalia County Health Department.

To be placed on the wait list for vaccination through the health department clinic, individuals 65 and older can call 304-598-5100 in Monongalia County or 304-816-3769 or visit facebook.com/MarionLHDCommunityImmunityWV/ in Marion County.

Officials at all health department clinics ask that members of the public do not come to a clinic unless they have an appointment to do so, as only those with appointments will get a shot.

Those with appointments should arrive on time, rather than early, to avoid traffic congestion and to allow for social distancing.

WVU Medicine will begin hosting community vaccination clinics at the former Sears location at Morgantown Mall in Westover. This week, the vaccination clinic will serve individuals age 70 and older on Thursday and Friday.

Beginning early next week, WVU Medicine expects to hold clinics on an ongoing basis, with hours of operation depending on the availability of vaccines.

When appointments are available, they can be scheduled online at www.wvumedicine.org/vaccine or at 833-795-SHOT (833-795-7468) between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

All appointments for this week’s clinics were full as of Tuesday evening.

Additional clinics are planned in Berkeley, Braxton, Cabell, Greenbrier, Hardy, Hancock, Kanawha, Logan, Marshall, Mercer, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph and Wood counties.

In other COVID-19 news:

— The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported 31 new COVID-19-related deaths on Tuesday, pushing the state’s total to 1,815.

The most recent deaths include a 77-year-old male from Greenbrier County, a 54-year-old female from Kanawha County, an 80-year-old male from Brooke County, an 89-year-old male from Taylor County, a 61-year-old female from Jefferson County, a 73-year-old female from Cabell County, a 73-year-old female from Kanawha County, a 59-year-old male from Berkeley County, a 92-year-old male from Mineral County, a 91-year-old female from Wyoming County;

A 71-year-old male from Taylor County, a 70-year-old male from Marshall County, a 65-year-old male from Berkeley County, an 82-year-old male from Berkeley County, an 89-year-old female from Hancock County, an 80-year-old female from Kanawha County, a 57-year-old female from Berkeley County, a 75-year-old male from Monongalia County, a 68-year-old male from Logan County, a 72-year-old male from Wood County;

A 77-year-old female from Tucker County, a 72-year-old female from Cabell County, an 85-year-old female from Jefferson County, an 82-year-old female from Berkeley County, a 71-year-old male from Fayette County, a 91-year-old female from Putnam County, an 83-year-old male from Wood County, a 69-year-old female from Putnam County, a 65-year-old male from Putnam County, an 87-year-old female from Wetzel County and a 92-year-old male from Greenbrier County.

— There were 1,011 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state Tuesday, bringing the number of active cases to 26,675 and the overall total to 110,820.

— The state’s daily percentage of positive tests was 6.24% Tuesday, and its cumulative percentage was 5.5%, according to the DHHR.

— Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continued to decline in the state. They had fallen to 638 on Monday, according to the DHHR. Of those, 162 patients were in intensive care units, and 85 were on ventilators.

— On the County Alert System Tuesday, 18 counties were in red, with another 28 in orange, five in gold and four in yellow. There were no counties in green.

The color changes on the map were all attributable to lower rates of tests returning positive, which is one of two metrics used for the map. Based only on the infection rate, which measures new cases over a certain time frame, all counties were considered in the red alert level.

— CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1,016), Berkeley (8,148), Boone (1,302), Braxton (684), Brooke (1,787), Cabell (6,495), Calhoun (190), Clay (303), Doddridge (369), Fayette (2,181), Gilmer (536), Grant (925), Greenbrier (2,067), Hampshire (1,245), Hancock (2,330), Hardy (1,103), Harrison (4,069), Jackson (1,502), Jefferson (3,044), Kanawha (10,389), Lewis (735), Lincoln (1,049), Logan (2,145), Marion (2,944), Marshall (2,586), Mason (1,388), McDowell (1,141), Mercer (3,722), Mineral (2,321), Mingo (1,788), Monongalia (6,543), Monroe (822), Morgan (827), Nicholas (951), Ohio (3,127), Pendleton (481), Pleasants (726), Pocahontas (516), Preston (2,258), Putnam (3,550), Raleigh (3,724), Randolph (1,967), Ritchie (501), Roane (407), Summers (638), Taylor (915), Tucker (419), Tyler (506), Upshur (1,290), Wayne (2,125), Webster (223), Wetzel (905), Wirt (301), Wood (6,153), Wyoming (1,441).