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BECKLEY, WV - Raleigh General Hospital has placed 11 percent of hospital employees on temporary leave, Raleigh General Hospital administrators announced this week, following a trend that is happening in southern West Virginia and around the country, as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy.

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BLUEFIELD, WV - The OB/GYN and Surgical Services departments at Bluefield Regional Medical Center will be closed April 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital officials announced Friday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - A Charleston hospital has become West Virginia’s first COVID-19 surge hospital ahead of the state’s projected peak of coronavirus cases.

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CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia leaders are pointing toward updated modeling that shows the effects of conavirus peaking on Easter with far fewer deaths than earlier anticipated.

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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - For many fighting the virus on the frontlines, it often hits their home. One nurse at United Hospital Center, who was on the frontlines of COVID-19, tested positive for the virus. Mariya Tichnell spoke with 12 News about what it is has been like to battle the Coronavirus.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Nearly 36,000 claims for unemployment were filed during the first eight days of April, according to WorkForce West Virginia, the agency that oversees the state’s unemployment insurance program.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three more patients at the Eastbrook Center nursing facility in Charleston tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases tied to the building to eight.

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