Frankfort High School in Mineral County will be remote learning on Mon. Nov. 2, 2020 due to employee positive for COVID, due to late timing of confirmation, contract tracing is not complete
Wiley Ford Primary School in Mineral County will be remote learning on Mon. Nov. 2, 2020 due to the number of employees currently quarantined.
According to a statement release on social media by Hampshire County Schools Superintendent Jeff Pancione “Based on the recent confirmation of an individual testing positive in the Hampshire County Transportation Department and the completion of contact tracing, additional members of the transportation team have been quarantined.
Exercising an abundance of caution, and to ensure additional contact tracing of any other staff or students, beginning tomorrow Monday, November 2, ALL schools in Hampshire County will move to full remote instruction for this week. This has been a very difficult decision because we want our students in school. However, we are unable to cover all our bus routes due to the lack of available substitutes.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd and was already scheduled as a non-instructional day for students and staff.
The Schoology online platform is to be used for virtual instruction and instructional support.
Curb side meals will not be available tomorrow, but will resume on Wednesday. Our cafeteria staff will need Monday to plan, prepare, for the remainder of the week. Additional information detailing plans for meals with be forthcoming”
All schools in Morgan County will be remote learning on Mon. Nov. 2, 2020. Morgan County is ORANGE for this week. All schools will shift to remote learning for November 2, 4, 5 & 6. November 3 is Election Day and there will be no school for students or staff.
In the Somerset Area School District in Pennsylvania due to 3 positive COVID cases in the past 8 days, the District has been directed to close the Junior and Senior High Schools for 5 days (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday). These will be Virtual Learning Days for students in grades 6 through 12. In-person Junior and Senior High School students will return to school on Thursday, November 5, 2020. Maple Ridge and Eagle View Elementary Schools remain open. Junior and Senior High School students and parents/guardians should read the letter, below, prior to Monday.
High rates of COVID-19 continue in Allegany County, with 46 new cases identified since Wednesday. This brings the cumulative total number of cases to 795. The latest cases include a male age 12 or under, five females and eight males in their teens, three females and six males in their 20s, two females and a male in their 30s, two females and a male in their 40s, two males in their 50s, five females and two males in their 60s, two females and four males in their 70s, and a female and male in their 80s.
To date, 21,090 Allegany County residents have been tested for COVID-19 and received their results. Of those, 795 were positive and 20,295 were negative.
From ACPS: WEEKLY COVID-19 UPDATE: For the week of October 26-30, ACPS reports no positive cases of COVID-19 within an Allegany County Public School.
The Garrett County Health Department received seven additional positive COVID-19 results, bringing the current county total positives to 167.
The new positive COVID-19 cases include:
• 1 male age 0-9 years old
• 1 male age 10-19 years old
• 1 female in her 20s
• 2 males in their 30s
• 1 female in her 40s
• 1 male in his 50s
Currently in the county, 61 persons are isolating due to a positive COVID-19 test.
If you know you are a close contact to a confirmed COVID-19 case, you should get tested 3-5 days after you are exposed, whether or not you have symptoms. If you develop symptoms, get tested at that time. This can be anywhere from 2-14 days after exposure.
Sunday, November 1st – Elevated Community Transmission
https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/Pages/default.aspx
NOTE: The WVDHHR map is posted daily for public awareness. The schools follow the WV Department of Education map that is updated every Saturday.
According to the WV DHHR map released yesterday Mineral County is orange and Hampshire County is gold Grant and Hardy are listed in the green.
The WV DE map released Saturday Hampshire and Mineral are in the yellow caterogy
Please remember limitations established by the Governor when the County goes into Gold, Orange or Red
GOLD, ORANGE, AND RED COUNTIES | TRAVEL SPORTS PROHIBITED
(September 15, 2020) Travel sports teams are prohibited from participating in games, practices, or any other types of competition within counties designated as gold, orange, or red in the color-coded County Alert System map. This restriction does not apply to teams that play in defined, relatively small geographic areas, such as within a single county or a few counties in the state of West Virginia.
GOLD, ORANGE, AND RED COUNTIES | SOCIAL GATHERING LIMIT: 10 PEOPLE
(September 15, 2020) The limit for all purely social gatherings within counties designated as gold, orange, or red in the color-coded County Alert System map is currently 10 individuals. The limitation does not apply to any activity, business, or entity that has been deemed essential, such as religious services, weddings, or group meetings, conferences, or other special events held for essential businesses and operations, as defined by Executive Order 9-20, as amended.
In Mineral County there are a total of 250 positive COVID-19 cases, 37 are active, 2 are probable, 209 have recovered and there are 4 total deaths
As a part of Gov. Jim Justice’s initiative to increase testing opportunities for all West Virginians, the Governor’s Office, the WV Department of Health and Human Resources, the WV National Guard and the Mineral County Health Department are providing FREE COVID-19 testing thru Saturday November 7th, 2020.
This testing is free and available to all residents in selected counties, including asymptomatic individuals. Proof of insurance is NOT required. Attendees should bring identification, such as a driver’s license or proof of address, to help in returning test results. Those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
NOTE: Testing will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Oct 30th Hampshire County Health officials received 5 new cases, 3 confirmed and 2 probable. All case investigations and contact tracing were completed. One case from Thursday was transferred to Mineral Co.
The case count for Hampshire Co. is currently 138 confirmed, 7 probable, 1 death, 3 hospitalized. 17 active cases.
Please remember testing is occurring this weekend at the high school. Additional testing sites for next week are being planned.
Free COVID-19 testing will continue throughout the week. Testing sites will currently be held Monday at Hampshire Memorial Hospital from 9a-1p and Slanesville Ruritan from 1-5p. On Tuesday a site will be open at Hampshire Memorial Hospital from 9a-1p. Additional sites are being planned.
The Hardy County Health Department and Hardy County Office of Emergency Management has one additional confirmed case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hardy County, making eight active cases, with a total confirmed case count of 111. We have had one confirmed COVID-19 death. We currently have seven patients in quarantine at home, following proper protocol to protect their neighbors and community. One patient is currently hospitalized due to severe symptoms of COVID-19. Due to privacy, additional information regarding the persons, area of residence, and travel history will not be disclosed. The Hardy County Health Department has completed the necessary contact tracing to ensure the safety of close contacts and to prevent additional transmission. Hardy County now has 102 individuals fully recovered, included in the total confirmed case count of 111.
From AC DES: Law enforcement officials are investigating a robbery at the Corriganville Sheetz at knifepoint. The suspect is described as a white male faded blue jeans, black coat pink face cover who left on foot from store.
November 1, 2020 Grant County Public Information
Sandria Glasscock, RN – Public Information Officer
There was one (1) new case today. This person is a household contact to a previous positive person.
202 Total COVID Cases
• 190 confirmed Positive COVID cases
• 12 Probable COVID cases
• 177 Total Recovered
• 12 active Cases. 1 is hospitalized at this time
• 13 Deaths, of these: 9 Deaths listed as COVID related (6 from GRCC).
Call Grant Memorial Hospital (304) 257 1026 and press 5 to speak to an ER nurse or Grove Street Health Center at 304-257-2451 to help determine if testing is indicated and instructions how to proceed if you develop symptoms, (loss of taste or smell, fever, cough, muscle aches, cough, shortness of breath, headache or diarrhea). Remain isolated from others until you receive your test result and are cleared to discontinue isolation.
Bedford County
Total Cases: 462
Confirmed: 369
Probable: 93
Negative: 5,572
Cases per 100,000: 959.0
Deaths: 7
Deaths per 100,000: 14.5
Somerset County
Total Cases: 474
Confirmed: 391
Probable: 83
Negative: 12,715
Cases per 100,000: 641.0
Deaths: 3
Deaths per 100,000: 4.1
Following is additional information in Frostburg State University’s decision move to online instruction until Wednesday, Nov. 4, as well as plans moving forward.
A leading factor in the decision to move FSU to online instruction was a larger-than-expected increase in self-reported positive COVID-19 cases and visits to Brady Health Center, FSU’s student health clinic. In particular, between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, the number of active cases monitored by Brady increased by 12 to 32 active cases. The rate of growth in the local community’s positive cases was another area of concern.
Earlier indicators had not shown a significant change in the campus status, including preliminary results from last 14-day period of FSU-administered testing results, showing a positivity rate among those tests of 5.64%.
The positive test results have been predominantly among students. FSU has been able to identify that many of the current cases had been in common social circles. Further evaluation will occur to determine the level of spread beyond those circles. Our asymptomatic surveillance testing so far is supporting this.
Among the measures taken in addition to pausing in-person instruction:
In-person student activities, including tonight’s planned Haunted House, are cancelled until Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Access to Cordts PE Center activity areas are suspended, along the Lane University Center fitness center and game room.
The following services will continue:
Residence halls remain open.
Food service will be available.
Offices will remain open. Employees should verify with supervisors for telework options.
The Election Day shuttle will continue, but with additional protocols to reduce density beyond what had been planned.
The team continues to meet and monitor the COVID data indicators. We are working closely with the Allegany County Health Department and the University System of Maryland. If the COVID indicators point to the need for further actions, those plans will be actions will be shared with the campus and local community, including via our website at www.frostburg.edu/fall2020.
Md Governor: Governor Larry Hogan today continued to call for vigilance in the fight against COVID-19 as he issued an order renewing the current state of emergency in Maryland. Read the renewal order. https://governor.maryland.gov/…/10/2020-10-30-10-18.pdf
“While Maryland’s positivity and case rates remain lower than most states in America, we are closely monitoring increases in some of our key health metrics as well as rising numbers in states across the country,” said Governor Hogan. “This crisis is far from over, and this virus does not recognize state borders. I want to remind Marylanders that the only way to keep our state open for business is to avoid traveling to hotspots and continue following the public health guidelines. We cannot let our guard down, and we must remain vigilant.”
White House Teleconference on Vaccine Planning. Governor Hogan also joined the nation’s governors on a teleconference with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, including Secretary Alex Azar, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Director Anthony Fauci, M.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and General Gustave F. Perna, Chief Operating Officer of Operation Warp Speed.
Topics of discussion included ongoing COVID-19 response and recovery efforts, as well as vaccine development and distribution planning. Last week, the governor released the state’s draft COVID-19 mass vaccination plan.
Halloween Safety. In a message to Marylanders, the governor stressed the importance of following public health guidance while celebrating Halloween safely this weekend.
Expanded Hours at Six Flags Testing Site. Earlier today, the Maryland Department of Health announced that it is expanding hours of operation at the state’s Six Flags America high-volume testing site. State officials continue to encourage all Marylanders to get tested for COVID-19, with more than 220 testing sites available across the state.