WV and National Disaster News - October 20, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

GOVERNMENT

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for October 20, 2021 (WV DHHR) - There have been 74 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 4,219 deaths attributed to COVID-19.  

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 48-year old female from Mineral County, a 49-year old female from Logan County, a 45-year old male from Cabell County, an 83-year old male from Upshur County, a 62-year old female from Upshur County, a 65-year old female from Brooke County, a 52-year old female from Marshall County, a 70-year old female from Monongalia County, a 43-year old male from Lewis County, a 52-year old male from Fayette County, a 90-year old male from Randolph County, a 65-year old male from Putnam County, a 76-year old male from Grant County, a 41-year old male from Kanawha County, a 28-year old male from Kanawha County, a 79-year old female from Fayette County, a 56-year old male from Jefferson County, a 69-year old male from Preston County, a 62-year old female from Monongalia County, a 92-year old male from Tucker County, a 65-year old male from Berkeley County, a 72-year old female from Fayette County, a 52-year old male from Wood County, a 103-year old female from Fayette County, an 83-year old male from Raleigh County, a 61-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 92-year old female from Nicholas County, a 92-year old female from Hancock County, an 80-year old female from Wood County, a 50-year old male from Jackson County, a 54-year old male from Jackson County, a 21-year old male from Jackson County, an 86-year old female from Tucker County, a 34-year old female from Lewis County, a 70-year old female from Kanawha County, a 74-year old female from Wood County, an 80-year old female from Marshall County, a 62-year old female from Jefferson County, a 56-year old male from Kanawha County, a 65-year old female from Upshur County, a 69-year old female from Marion County, a 72-year old female from Marion County, a 56-year old female from Wood County, a 44-year old female from Mason County, an 85-year old male from Wood County, a 68-year old male from Monongalia County, an 84-year old male from Preston County, a 71-year old male from Braxton County, a 52-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 54-year old female from Hancock County, a 51-year old female from Marshall County, and a 72-year old male from Wayne County.

See Reconsiliation data at https://dhhr.wv.gov/News/2021/Pages/COVID-19-Daily-Update-10-20-2021.aspx 

LOCAL

• Debate is spirited and vote's a squeaker on exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates (WV MetroNews)
• West Virginia coronavirus news conference set for Wednesday (WCHS Charleston)
• W.Va. University Professors Support Campus Vaccine Mandate (WV Public Broadcasting)
• WVU to relax part of mask mandate (WV MetroNews)
• WVU easing some COVID requirements starting Thursday (WSAZ Huntington)
• W.Va. Education Association sues Putnam school system over COVID policies (WCHS Charleston)  
• OPINION: Vaccine still best shot against COVID-19 (Charleston Gazette-Mail) 
• Wheeling City Council Mulls $500 COVID-19 Vaccine Incentive for Employees (Wheeling Intelligencer)
• Monoclonal antibody infusions help locals fight COVID-19 (WVVA Bluefield)
• COVID-19 outbreak in middle school, nearly 100 students in quarantine (WBOY Parkersburg)
• Mercer County now in gold category for COVID cases (Bluefield Daily Telegraph) 

national

COVID

• Pfizer COVID vaccine is effective at preventing hospitalization in kids and adults, CDC study finds (CBS News)
• Homeland Security secretary tests positive for Covid-19 (CNN)
• Delivering Disaster-Resilient Buildings (Facility Executive)

WEATHER

• Big earthquake drill will be held Oct. 21 | News (California News Times) - Learn more about the  international Great Shake Out Day that is held each year.
• California is under a statewide drought emergency as it sees its driest year in nearly a century (CNN)
• Beast of a bomb cyclone is set to wallop the West Coast (AccuWeather)