WV and National Disaster News - October 28, 2021

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WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for October 28, 2021 (WV DHHR) - There have been 63 deaths reported since the last report (yesterday 10/27/21), with a total of 4,409 deaths attributed to COVID-19. 

DHHR has confirmed the RECENT deaths of a 51-year old female from Lewis County, a 71-year old female from Mercer County, an 89-year old female from Upshur County, an 84-year old female from Tucker County, a 76-year old male from Mineral County, a 72-year old male from Mercer County, a 49-year old female from Wood County, a 50-year old male from Marshall County, an 80-year old male from Tucker County, an 88-year old female from Tucker County, a 69-year old female from Fayette County, a 66-year old female from Mercer County, a 60-year old female from Mercer County, a 51-year old male from Kanawha County, a 43-year old male from Marion County, a 74-year old female from Marshall County, a 59-year old female from Pendleton County, a 58-year old male from Kanawha County, and a 65-year old female from Morgan County.

The following deaths range from August through October 2021, which are included in the total deaths reported on the dashboard as a result of the Bureau for Public Health’s continuing data reconciliation: official death certificates are a 90-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 77-year old male from Braxton County, a 54-year old male from Cabell County, a 57-year old male from Boone County, a 72-year old female from Preston County, a 74-year old male from Harrison County, an 80-year old female from Wetzel County, a 74-year old male from Gilmer County, a 70-year old male from Boone County, a 42-year old female from Kanawha County, an 82-year old male from Ohio County, a 36-year old male from Mercer County, a 54-year old male from Hampshire County, a 55-year old male from Harrison County, a 59-year old female from Upshur County, a 77-year old female from Kanawha County, a 77-year old female from Lewis County, a 49-year old male from Monroe County, an 85-year old female from Boone County, a 70-year old male from McDowell County, a 69-year old male from Randolph County, a 44-year old female from Braxton County, a 55-year old female from Ritchie County, a 74-year old male from McDowell County, a 42-year old female from Putnam County, an 81-year old female from Raleigh County, a 66-year old male from Wetzel County, a 54-year old female from Marion County, a 90-year old female from Marshall County, a 72-year old male from Tyler County, a 72-year old male from Mason County, an 86-year old female from Gilmer County, a 70-year old female from Nicholas County, a 52-year old male from Upshur County, a 74-year old female from Marshall County, a 75-year old female from Monongalia County, a 51-year old female from Raleigh County, a 57-year old female from Jackson County, an 82-year old male from Lincoln County, a 75-year old female from Boone County, a 70-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 50-year old male from Logan County, a 62-year old male from Marion County, and a 68-year old male from McDowell County.

Local

• West Virginia firms up plans for getting COVID-19 vaccines to kids ages 5 through 11 (WOWK-TV)
• West Virginia officials report 30 more COVID deaths (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• W.Va.'s COVID-19-related death total rises another 30 (WCHS-TV)
• Legal expert: State vaccine exemption law could clash with federal guidance (WCHS-TV)
• VIDEO: How much does a COVID-19 hospitalization cost in West Virginia? (WOWK-TV)
• Pandemic creates challenges in the fight against substance abuse (WOWK-TV)
• Virtual learning students sent back into the classroom after failing grades (WSAZ-TV)
• Construction paused at new Clendenin Elementary after pyritic sulfur found in soil (MetroNews-Radio)

NATIONAL NEWS

Weather

• One Hurt, Dozens of Homes Damaged as Storms Roll Across Texas, Louisiana (The Weather Channel)
• 'Hurricane-force' nor'easter smashes Northeast, cuts power to more than half a million (AccuWeather)

COVID

• Cheap, generic anti-depressant may reduce severe Covid-19 disease, study finds (CNN)
• Moderna Data Shows Covid-19 Vaccine Produced Strong Immune Response in 6- to 11-Year-Olds (The Wall Street Journal)
• FDA advisers back Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11 years old (CBS News)
• FEMA Staff and Contracted Medical Workers Are Required to Follow Vaccine Mandate (Fact Check)
• How the economy went from sizzle to fizzle, and why there's hope for a way back (National Public Radio)
• Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID, 269 died (WDVM-TV)
• Covid-19 live updates White House suggests flexibility in vaccine deadline for federal workers, contractors (The Washington Post)