WV and National Disaster News - February 4, 2022

2/4/2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for February 4, 2022 (WV DHHR) - there are currently 11,116 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 17 deaths reported since the last report (yesterday on 2/3/2022), with a total of 5,846 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

COVID

Multiple local health departments will stop Covid contact tracing (WTAP-TV)

COVID contact tracing ends at local health departments in WV (MetroNews-Radio)

3k new WV COVID cases, 15 deaths reported Thursday (WBOY-TV)

Three COVID-19-related deaths reported in Kanawha County on Thursday (WCHS-TV)

W.Va. County Extends Mask Mandate Through School Year (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

Hoyer says call with Biden officials concerning vax mandate flexibility ‘productive’ (MetroNews-Radio)

House Health advances bill banning hospitals, colleges and government from asking for proof of covid vaccination (Charleston Gazette Mail)

WEATHER

Ohio River valley expected to get the most out of approaching winter storm (MetroNews-Radio)

Wintry mix, freezing temperatures cause outages, delays; watches, advisory still in effect (WCHS-TV)

Ice Jams cause threat of flooding across Ohio County (WTRF-TV)