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WV Hits 2,000 COVID-19 Deaths, Making Strides Vaccinating At-Risk Groups
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2021-01-29 16:48:42
Description: West Virginia, on Friday, surpassed 2,000 deaths due to COVID-19. It took several months -- from the start of the pandemic to mid December -- for the death toll to creep up to 1,000. Six weeks later, the count doubled.Still, health officials are hopeful given a recent downward trend in daily active cases, despite predictions of a post-Christmas surge.One promising announcement of the day: all willing nursing home and assisted living residents have been fully vaccinated.The state also announced efforts to close the racial gap in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.
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