WV and National Disaster News - September 7, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

Government

WV Daily COVID Update and Stats for September 7, 2021 (WV DHHR) - DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 65-year old male from Harrison County, a 44-year old male from Logan County, and a 66-year old female from Kanawha County. “Every life lost to this pandemic is a tragedy and our thoughts go out to the families," said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “Please protect yourself and your family by getting vaccinated."

Local

• Labor Day brings another spike in West Virginia's COVID-19 cases (WOWK-TV)
• Ventilator Usage Hits All-Time Pandemic High In W.Va. As Hospitalizations, ICU Patients Approach Records (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• West Virginia ending one of worst weeks during pandemic (The Associated Press)
• WV surpasses 21,000 mark for active COVID cases (MetroNews-Radio)
• Kanawha County confirms two more COVID-19 breakthrough deaths (WOWK-TV)
• WV DHHR COVID update: six deaths in the Northern Panhandle (WTRF-TV)
• Justice sees more bad days ahead (The Register-Herald)
• As covid continues to spread, Justice urges vaccination (MetroNews-Radio)
• WV Gov. Justice: 'Rights or no rights, you need to really get vaccinated' (WBOY-TV)

National

COVID

• US reaches 40 million recorded Covid-19 cases -- with 4 million counted in the last 4 weeks (CNN)
• More first responders dying of COVID-19 amid resistance to vaccine mandates (WDBJ-TV)
• Covid Ravaged South America. Then Came a Sharp Drop in Infections. (The New York Times)
• Many States Are Not Reporting The Latest COVID-19 Numbers (National Public Radio)
• New Mu Variant Of Covid-19 Coronavirus: Los Angeles County Reports 167 Cases (Forbes)
• Debilitating long COVID symptoms may qualify workers for ADA job accommodations (WHYY-Radio)
• Judge says Ohio hospital cannot be forced to use ivermectin to treat Covid, reversing earlier decision (NBC News)

WEATHER

• Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer (The Washington Post)
• A Presidential Visit and a Promise of Federal Aid (The New York Times)
• More flooding likely in Ida-ravaged areas this week (AccuWeather)
• As blue roofs near installation in Louisiana, state leaders push for wider qualifications (The Advocate)
• California wildfire, near Lake Tahoe, nearly half contained (Associated Press)
• NFIP senior exec talks hurricane, flood response (Property Casualty)