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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBut over the past two weeks, that number has almost doubled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s according to Dr. Kevin McLaughlin of the Morgan County Health Department in Berkeley Springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow we are seeing a significant transmission rate,\u201d McLaughlin said yesterday on Talk Radio WRNR\u2019s Eastern Panhandle Talk with Rob Mario and David Welch. \u201cWe just had a 13 percent positivity rate (October 21). A month or two ago it was zero or close to zero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMorgan County has been quite lucky with the lack of COVID. Up until October 8 or so, we had about 70 cases in the first eight months or so of the virus. Since October 8, we\u2019ve had almost that number of cases again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McLaughlin says it\u2019s not just about schools re-opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about interactions. The more interactions with people, the more chances of spreading the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not just about the schools. The transmission of the virus is everywhere. You are as likely to get it at Sheetz or Food Lion or Martin\u2019s. Small intimate groups, having dinner or having a meeting. It\u2019s all about exposures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services Coronavirus web site<\/a> puts the number of Morgan County cases at 134 as of October 24, 2020. (Story updated to reflect October 24 numbers.)<\/em> In the first eight months or so of the COVID 19 pandemic, Morgan County, West Virginia was largely spared the ravages of the virus with only 70 confirmed cases up until two weeks ago. But over the past two weeks, … Continue reading
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