Thirty-seven W.Va. counties out of the green on alert map; two counties are in red

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The spread of coronavirus in communities continues to advance in West Virginia as 37 of the state’s 55 counties are now out of the green on the color map.

State Department of Health and Human Resources’ officials posted the map Monday that showed two counties in red – Webster and Marshall. The map was based on Sunday’s data.

Five counties were in orange – Cabell, Wayne, Wyoming, Fayette and Wetzel.

Ten counties were in gold – Kanawha, Putnam, Raleigh, Mingo, McDowell, Nicholas, Randolph, Tyler, Ohio and Berkeley.

Twenty counties were in yellow - Lincoln, Boone, Logan, Mercer, Pocahontas, Mason, Jackson, Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, Gilmer, Lewis, Harrison, Taylor, Barbour, Brooke, Hancock, Hampshire, Morgan and Jefferson.

Eighteen counties were in green.

Several key coronavirus numbers in the state have been escalating. Active cases are at 2,480, and hospitalizations are at 152. Last week, the number of confirmed delta variant cases was at 100.