WV and National Disaster News - February 7, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID

WV Daily COVID Update and Stats for February 7, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There have been 31 deaths reported since the last report (Friday 2/4/2022), with a total of 5,877 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are currently 10,700 active COVID-19 cases statewide. For details, see link.

• Active COVID-19 cases fall in Sunday report from DHHR (WV Metro News) Also see WV News
• Descendant Of Omicron Variant Detected in West Virginia (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• New Omicron sub-variant identified in Ohio County  (WTRF)
• Omicron subvariant found in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle (WDVM)

WEATHER

• Northern Panhandle residents still dealing with outages from winter storm (WV Metro News)
• Snow, ice and flooding cause headaches in Ohio River Valley (WCHS)

OTHER

• Crumbling road causes safety concerns (WSAZ)
• Oil spill in Boone County reported as an act of vandalism (WCHS)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• Biden marks 900,000 Covid deaths in the U.S. by promoting vaccines (NBC News)
• Pop-up COVID test sites and labs capitalize on lax regulations, prey on vulnerable Americans (USA Today)

WEATHER 

• Flood insurance premiums are about to rise steeply for thousands of Louisianans (Advocate-LA)