On April 3, West Virginia Secretary of Revenue Dave Hardy told Governor Jim Justice that the state would run out of cash by May 10 due to economic repercussions from the coronavirus pandemic.

Editor's Note: The article original stated there were more than 6,800 active cases in West Virginia, but this was the total number of reported cases in the state.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said the state’s hospitalization rates are up 10 percent since Friday due to the coronavirus, and more than 1,938 people are currently active with the disease. Despite the increase, Justice said West Virginia continues to have significantly lower rates of the virus than surrounding states.

As the coronavirus pandemic lingers in the United States, and as many who can, continue to work and live in the narrow confines of their home, Americans are taking a long, hard look at why they live where they live. For many, the question has become, ‘if I can work from anywhere, why am I living here?’ 

Best known for “Some Kind of Wonderful,” the feel-good hit he penned more than 50 years ago that put Grand Funk Railroad on track for a chart-topping hit, John Ellison is creating a new stir from a different direction with “Wake Up Call (Black Like Me).”

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says he and his administration are “watching the numbers” as they decide next steps in the state’s response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That comes as the state has set records in key infection metrics that measure the potentially deadly virus and the use of health care resources.