Two were reported at the Mountain View Care Center in Jackson County, 14 at the Miletree Center in Roane County, one at Stonerise Eagle Point in Wood County and eight at the Willows Center in Wood County. Long-term facilities are updated on Fridays. The state reported 256 staff and 303 residents of long-term care facilities. Twenty-nine people are in an intensive care unit, 17 unvaccinated, and seven are on ventilators, six unvaccinated. Statewide, 220 people are in a hospital with COVID-19 complications, 112 of those unvaccinated. Yellow counties in the region are Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Wetzel and Roane. All other counties are green, the lowest level based on infection rates. Twenty-six counties are at yellow, second lowest level, on the County Alert System Map. The state also reported 1,995 new cases received since the last report.Ĭurrent active cases in local counties on Tuesday (previous report) were: Calhoun 2 (5), Doddridge 3 (1), Gilmer 9 (6), Jackson 20 (26), Pleasants 11 (13), Ritchie 3 (10), Roane 15 (22), Tyler 4 (2), Wetzel 25 (21), Wirt 6 (3), Wood 99 (114). “We’re starting to see hospital numbers go up around the country, particularly where the BA variant has set up shop,” Marsh said.Īctive cases of the virus on Monday were at 2,150 statewide, 147 fewer than from Friday’s pandemic report. The BA5 strain of omicron has become the predominant mutation around the world and in the United States, although West Virginia generally is several weeks behind the rest of the country, Marsh said during the governor’s Tuesday morning pandemic briefing. Clay Marsh, coronavirus adviser to the state. “You don’t have to be a real bomber to play there.The latest variant of the omicron mutation appears to be resistant to immunities from pevious infections of the virus, according to Dr. “It’s not real long, but it’s got some tricky greens,” Plummer said. The course, Plummer said, is an intriguing course in that it has below-average distance at 6,100 yards but plays tougher closer to the hole. The tournament will be held at Webhannet Golf Club in Kennebunk.
The Meadows Golf Course’s Neil Larochelle will begin from hole No. Natanis Golf Course’s Conner Paine will tee off from the first hole at 8:40 a.m., and Luke Ruffing, whose 3-under score June 22 at Dutch Elm Golf Course was the best across all five qualifying tournaments, will tee from No. Waterville’s two other Maine Amateur qualifiers, Hunter Smith and Kevin Byrne, will tee off from the 10th hole at 9:09 a.m. It’s terrific to follow them and see what they can do.”įrom Waterville Country Club, Paul Wiggin (8:25 a.m.) and Drew Glasheen (noon) will tee off on hole No. “These young kids are taking over, but that’s also fun to see. “To be honest, I’m not real positive about (the tournament) because I’m just getting too old,” Plummer said. With 13 Maine Amateur Championship wins to his name, Plummer has more championships in the tournament than Quinn has spent years on Earth. The Plummer-Quinn pairing will feature a striking difference in Plummer, age 70, and Quinn, age 12.
Mark Plummer, of the Augusta Country Club, follows through on a drive during the first round of the Maine Senior Amateur Championship last summer at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro.