WV and National Disaster News - July 5, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for July 5, 2022 (WVDHHR) - There are currently 2,150 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been five deaths reported since the last report (7/1/2022), with a total of 7,069 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 92-year old female from Kanawha County, a 55-year old female from Kanawha County, a 73-year old female from Randolph County, an 86-year old female from Clay County, and a 95-year old female from Jackson County.
 
WEATHER

• ​Early week weather threat: Severe storms and heavy rain  (WCHS-TV)

• Federal judge rules in favor of drug wholesalers, says municipalities cannot cite public nuisance  (MetroNews-Radio), related news: The Charleston Gazette-Mail, WOWK-TV and The Associated Press
• Supreme Court siding with WV against EPA unlikely to stop coal's long decline (The Herald-Dispatch)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• Updated Covid Shots Are Coming. Will They Be Too Late? (The New York Times)
• Is Omicron BA.5 'Worst Version' Of Covid-19 Coronavirus Seen?  (Forbes)
• For now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19  (ABC News)
• CDC adds a Caribbean beach hot spot to its 'high' Covid-19 risk list (CNN)

WEATHER 

• Supreme Court rules EPA has no authority to reduce power plant emissions that contribute to global warming (Fox News)​