From today's New York Times, West Virginia is now #1:

It isn't much better locally:

From the Associated Press, yesterday:

West Virginia has highest number of weekly virus cases in 7 monthshttps://t.co/rOoBzGJB0p

— John Raby (@jrabyap) August 29, 2021

And here is WV Governor Jim Justice's non-response earlier today:

With COVID-19 cases increasing at a national worst, and with COVID-19 hospitalizations on pace to break the prior pandemic record as early as next week, Gov. Jim Justice continued Monday to decline to take statewide action. https://t.co/rQQcMXlgOF

— Gazette-Mail (@wvgazettemail) August 30, 2021

(By the way, the state has dropped one place to 47th on the "fully vaccinated" list of states.)

Finally, for local governments looking to the state for help, this is not good. Mountain State Spotlight looked into the money to help local efforts:

Some local governments say they need more help to respond to the pandemic. Gov. Jim Justice limited the amount of federal money they could get, and now they’re on the hook for COVID-related expenses.https://t.co/Qm2h5JvLTE

— Mountain State Spotlight (@mtnstspotlight) August 30, 2021

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