West Virginia Surpasses Six-Thousand COVID Deaths

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia has surpassed 6,000 coronavirus deaths. But a health official warns that while confirmed cases and hospitalizations are on the decline, the rate of fatalities isn’t expected to slow in the state just yet. Gov. Jim Justice says 6,023 people have died during the pandemic. The number of confirmed cases over the past week represents the fourth straight week of declines, and those hospitalized for the virus is far below the record set on Feb. 2. But while the COVID-19 weekly death rate nationwide is going down, Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s coronavirus expert, says that won’t be the case in West Virginia for another week or two.