WV and National Disaster News - March 9, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for March 9, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There have been 18 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 6,488 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are currently 1,436 active COVID-19 cases statewide. For detailed stats, click here.

• Senate Health Committee passes vaccination bill (MetroNews-Radio)
• WV active cases continue to decline on Tuesday (WBOY-TV)
• One COVID-19-related death reported in Kanawha County (WCHS-TV)
• “Signs point to an endemic,” say doctors at WVU Medicine (WTRF-TV)

WEATHER

• March snowstorm looms for Saturday (WCHS-TV)
• Council approves plan for $25 million in ARP funding (The Charleston Gazette-Mail)

OTHER 

• Clendenin area community gets new bridge nearly six years after flood damages old one (WCHS-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• Masking Did Help Protect Children From Covid Last Fall, According to a C.D.C. Study (subscriber only) – New York Times
• COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to drop globally, WHO says (Associated Press/AP)
• What the 'new normal' of living with COVID might look like (ABC News)

WEATHER

• Late-week storm could reach ‘bomb cyclone’ status along Eastern Seaboard (AccuWeather)
• Over $1.16B awarded to survivors 6 months after Hurricane Ida’s landfall, FEMA says (ABC -WGNO New Orleans)
• Final week to apply for FEMA tornado relief (West Kentucky Star)
• Families still waiting on tornado relief funds (ABC-KY)
• Gillibrand, other lawmakers seek help to repair dams (Times Union-NY)