WV and National Disaster News - January 12, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for January 12, 2022 (WV DHHR) - there are currently 13,607 COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 29 deaths reported since the last report (1-11-21), with a total of 5,481 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an 89-year old male from Hancock County, an 85-year old male from Pleasants County, an 85-year old male from Mercer County, a 68-year old female from Nicholas County, a 93-year old female from Wood County, a 61-year old female from Upshur County, a 43-year old female from Raleigh County, a 46-year old male from Nicholas County, a 73-year old male from Wood County, a 71-year old male from Nicholas County, a 58-year old female from Putnam County, a 69-year old female from Marion County, an 83-year old female from Raleigh County, a 77-year old female from Marion County, a 43-year old female from Raleigh County, a 70-year old male from Wood County, a 59-year old female from Taylor County, an 88-year old female from Summers County, a 79-year old female from Wood County, a 69-year old female from Raleigh County, a 67-year old male from Mingo County, a 72-year old male from Marshall County, a 74-year old female from Lewis County, a 63-year old male from Raleigh County, a 77-year old male from Mercer County, a 71-year old male from Raleigh County, an 86-year old female from Wyoming County, an 84-year old female from Raleigh County, and a 51-year old female from Cabell County.

 “We join the families in mourning the passing of these West Virginians,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Please protect one another by getting vaccinated today.”

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice tests positive for COVID-19 (The State Journal)

Related Articles:

NBC4 Washington

Gov. Jim Justice tests positive for COVID-19; Feels ‘extremely unwell’ (WTRF-TV)

Gov. Justice receiving monoclonal antibody treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 (WVNS-TV)

Justice Tests Positive, State of State to be Written Message (WCBC-Radio)

Justice tests positive for COVID-19 (MetroNews-Radio)

• WV hospitals: plenty of beds, not enough staff to treat surge of COVID patients (MetroNews-Radio)
• Mask mandate continued through February 14 (The Weston Democrat)
• WVU provides additional details on verifying vaccination status, quarantine and isolation guidelines (WV News)
• Students, faculty and staff asked to verify their COVID-19 vaccine status by Jan. 28 (Mountaineer ENews)
• Concord University testing and vaccination clinics help returning students (WVNS-TV)
• DHHR grant to bring health, COVID resources to racial minorities in Marion County (WBOY-TV)

Weather

• Senator Stephen Baldwin To Lead New Sub-Committee On Flooding - West Virginia Daily News (wvdn.com)

Other

• Woman Who Called Michelle Obama an ‘Ape’ Defrauded FEMA of $18K (thedailybeast.com)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• The White House will distribute 10 million more COVID tests per month to schools (NPR)
• Mississippi Hospital System Goes From Not Enough Beds to Not Enough Staff Amid COVID Spike (Newsweek)
• Has omicron 'turned a corner'? US infections decline for first time since Christmas: Live COVID-19 updates (USA Today)
• The highly contagious Omicron variant will 'find just about everybody,' Fauci says, but vaccinated people will still fare better (CNN)

WEATHER

• Swarm of earthquakes, some strong, hits off Alaska islands (Seattle/AP)
• FEMA representatives available for rebuilding advice; Recovery News (AP) People rebuilding from last month’s deadly tornadoes in Kentucky can get free advice from Federal Emergency Management Agency mitigation representatives.