COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped significantly in West Virginia. The number of people under care went down by 18, to 355…that’s according to the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The total includes 49 people in intensive care…and 11 on ventilators. The state’s active case total grew by nearly 200 to 3,434…with the addition of 1,006 new positive cases for the day. No new COVID-19-related deaths were reported, keeping the state’s death toll at 7,203.