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COVID-19 in Virginia: 17 new outbreaks reported Friday

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Posted at 3:47 PM, Dec 04, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-04 16:03:32-05

RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 1,582 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Friday. That means 17 new outbreaks were recorded since Thursday's reporting.

Data show 579 (+3 from yesterday's report) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 15,920 COVID-19 cases and 2,029 deaths. That is up 109 cases and 8 additional deaths from the previous day's report. Eight new outbreaks were recorded in a congregate setting, one new outbreak in a healthcare setting and one new outbreak at a correctional facility. Additionally, there were four new outbreaks recorded in an educational setting: 78 (+2) outbreaks in child care centers, 50 (+1) in colleges/universities and 70 (+1) in K-12 schools.

Scroll down for complete city/county-by-county breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Virginia

The health department reported 2,877 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 37,809 total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 247,380. Of those cases, 34,810 (+405 from previous day) are associated with outbreaks.

RELATED: COVID-19 in Virginia: LIVE updates for Friday, December 4

The number of localities with COVID-19 cases that have topped 200 cases since March continue to climb in the Commonwealth:

32,246 (+331) in Fairfax County
18,968 (+116) in Prince William County
11,318 (+169) in Virginia Beach
10,469 (+93) in Loudoun County
9,732 (+101) in Chesterfield County
8,710 (+95) in Henrico County

6,896 (+56) in Richmond
6,841 (+51) in Chesapeake
6,728 (+74) in Norfolk
6,535 (+63) in Arlington
5,513 (+34) in Alexandria

4,234 (+59) in Roanoke City
4,179 (+35) in Newport News
4,040 (+47) in Montgomery
3,529 (+31) in Harrisonburg
3,458 (+70) in Stafford
3,292 (+44) in Spotsylvania
3,256 (+10) in Portsmouth
3,074 (+38) in Roanoke County

2,882 (+15) in Hampton
2,861 (+59) in Lynchburg
2,836 (+24) in Suffolk
2,583 (+49) in Hanover
2,417 (+60) in Rockingham
2,355 (+11) in Manassas City
2,337 (+18) in Frederick
2,294 (+30) in Culpeper

1,997 (+30) in Henry
1,979 (+40) in Albemarle
1,956 (+48) in Bedford
1,890 (+18) in Charlottesville
1,874 (+47) in Washington
1,855 (+17) in Pittsylvania
1,710 (+35) in Franklin County
1,684 (+7) in Danville

1,599 (+40) in Fauquier
1,490 (+14) in Prince George
1,476 (+14) in Shenandoah
1,367 (+4) in Accomack
1,339 (+45) in Augusta
1,303 (+20) in Wise
1,258 (+28) in Campbell
1,240 (+6) in James City County
1,211 (+18) in Radford
1,142 (+6) in Petersburg
1,137 (+7) in Tazewell
1,125 (+13) in Winchester
1,095 (+13) in Smyth
1,062 (+11) in Isle of Wight
1,028 (+11) in Mecklenburg
1,024 (+18) in Staunton
1,023 (+21) in Carroll

998 (+1) in Southampton
991 (+9) in Lee
968 (+11) in York
944 (+6) in Greensville
930 (+5) in Warren
914 (+7) in Buckingham
912 (+14) in Salem

893 (+7) in Prince Edward
883 (+21) in Russell
867 (+26) in Amherst
848 (+10) in Halifax
824 (+15) in Scott
818 (+16) in Botetourt

772 (+27) in Pulaski
748 (+8) in Manassas Park
748 (+14) in Martinsville
723 (+6) in Fredericksburg
729 (+13) in Wythe

691 (+4) in Dinwiddie
686 (+10) in Caroline
678 (+4) in Waynesboro
672 (+1) in Sussex
644 (+14) in Hopewell
624 (+4) in Orange
610 (+5) in Page

581 (+13) in Bristol
579 (+4) in Galax
554 (+3) in Franklin City
552 (+5) in Louisa
551 (+27) in Nottoway
544 (+2) in Grayson
543 (+19) in Gloucester
511 (+6) in Fluvanna
501 (+7) in Powhatan
500 (+18) in Patrick

486 (+4) in Brunswick
475 (+10) in Richmond County
470 (+7) in Goochland
458 (+1) in Buchanan
455 (+5) in Westmoreland
447 (+9) in Colonial Heights
439 (+3) in King George
425 (+11) in Appomattox
418 (+5) in New Kent

380 (+5) in Greene
374 (+8) in Lexington
371 (+8) in Floyd
355 (+11) in Alleghany
350 (-1) in Northampton
341 (+3) in Emporia
321 (+4) in Giles
315 (+10) in Dickenson
305 (+12) in Rockbridge
301 (+3) in Williamsburg

As of Friday's update, 15,116 (+102 from previous day) people had been hospitalized and 4,160 (+13) people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.

More women have been infected by the virus at 126,955 cases versus the 118,124 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 2,301 cases in the Commonwealth.

The coronavirus first most impacted people aged 50 to 69, which currently accounts for more than 23.5 percent of cases in Virginia.

However, people aged 30 to 49 now account for more than 32 percent of cases, data show.

Additionally, people in their 20s account for nearly 21 percent of cases in the state.

City/County-by-County Breakdown of Cases

Accomack: 1,367 (+4)
Albemarle: 1,979 (+40)
Alleghany: 355 (+11)
Alexandria: 5,513 (+34)
Amelia: 244 (+9)
Amherst: 867 (+26)
Appomattox: 425 (+11)
Arlington: 6,535 (+63)
Augusta: 1,339 (+45)

Bath: 67
Bedford: 1,956 (+48)
Bland: 216 (+2)
Bristol: 581 (+13)
Botetourt: 818 (+16)
Brunswick: 486 (+4)
Buchanan: 458 (+1)
Buckingham: 914 (+7)
Buena Vista City: 299 (+18)

Campbell: 1,258 (+28)
Caroline: 686 (+10)
Carroll: 1,023 (+21)
Charles City: 146 (+1)
Charlotte: 288 (+1)
Charlottesville: 1,890 (+18)
Chesapeake: 6,841 (+51)
Chesterfield: 9,732 (+101)
Clarke: 213
Colonial Heights: 447 (+9)
Covington: 179 (+4)
Craig: 94 (+2)
Culpeper: 2,294 (+30)
Cumberland: 163 (+1)

Danville: 1,684 (+7)
Dickenson: 315 (+10)
Dinwiddie: 691 (+4)

Emporia: 341 (+3)
Essex: 259 (+1)

Fairfax: 32,246 (+331)
Fairfax City: 214 (+1)
Falls Church: 117 (+5)
Fauquier: 1,599 (+40)
Floyd: 371 (+8)
Fluvanna: 511 (+6)
Franklin City: 554 (+3)
Franklin County: 1,710 (+35)
Frederick: 2,337 (+18)
Fredericksburg: 723 (+6)

Galax: 579 (+4)
Giles: 321 (+4)
Gloucester: 543 (+19)
Goochland: 470 (+7)
Grayson: 544 (+2)
Greene: 380 (+5)
Greensville: 944 (+6)

Halifax: 848 (+10)
Hanover: 2,583 (+49)
Hampton: 2,882 (+15)
Harrisonburg: 3,529 (+31)
Henrico: 8,710 (+95)
Henry: 1,997 (+30)
Highland: 23 (+1)
Hopewell: 644 (+14)

Isle of Wight: 1,062 (+11)

James City: 1,240 (+6)

King George: 439 (+3)
King and Queen: 106 (+1)
King William: 298 (+5)

Lancaster: 245 (+1)
Lee: 991 (+9)
Lexington: 374 (+8)
Louisa: 552 (+5)
Loudoun: 10,469 (+93)
Lunenburg: 177 (+3)
Lynchburg: 2,861 (+59)

Madison: 195 (+1)
Manassas City: 2,355 (+11)
Manassas Park: 748 (+8)
Martinsville: 748 (+14)
Mathews: 170 (+5)
Mecklenburg: 1,028 (+11)
Middlesex: 180 (+3)
Montgomery: 4,040 (+47)

Nelson: 198 (+6)
New Kent: 418 (+5)
Newport News: 4,179 (+35)
Norfolk: 6,728 (+74)
Northampton: 350 (-1)
Northumberland: 294
Norton: 91 (+2)
Nottoway: 551 (+27)

Orange: 624 (+4)

Page: 610 (+5)
Patrick: 500 (+18)
Petersburg: 1,142 (+6)
Pittsylvania: 1,855 (+17)
Poquoson: 159 (+3)
Portsmouth: 3,256 (+10)
Powhatan: 501 (+7)
Prince Edward: 893 (+7)
Prince George: 1,490 (+14)
Prince William: 18,968 (+116)
Pulaski: 772 (+27)

Radford: 1,211 (+18)
Rappahannock: 100 (+2)
Richmond City: 6,896 (+56)
Richmond County: 475 (+10)
Roanoke City: 4,234 (+59)
Roanoke County: 3,074 (+38)
Rockbridge: 305 (+12)
Rockingham: 2,417 (+60)
Russell: 883 (+21)

Salem: 912 (+14)
Scott: 824 (+15)
Shenandoah: 1,476 (+14)
Smyth: 1,095 (+13)
Spotsylvania: 3,292 (+44)
Southampton: 998 (+1)
Stafford: 3,458 (+70)
Staunton: 1,024 (+18)
Suffolk: 2,836 (+24)
Surry: 181 (+3)
Sussex: 672 (+1)

Tazewell: 1,137 (+7)

Virginia Beach: 11,318 (+169)

Warren: 930 (+5)
Washington: 1,874 (+47)
Waynesboro: 678 (+4)
Westmoreland: 455 (+5)
Winchester: 1,125 (+13)
Williamsburg: 301 (+3)
Wise: 1,303 (+20)
Wythe: 729 (+13)

York: 968 (+11)

*NOTE: This data is provided from the Virginia Department of Health daily at 9 a.m. Officials said their cutoff for data is 5 p.m. the previous day. So your local health department may have issued an alert about a case before it is added to the statewide tally released the following day.

COVID-19 Precautions

Most patients with COVID-19 have mild to moderate symptoms. However, in a small proportion of patients, COVID-19 can lead to more severe illness, including death, particularly among those who are older or those who have chronic medical conditions.

COVID-19 spreads primarily through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

Symptoms include fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. Symptoms appear within 14 days of being exposed to an infectious person.

Virginia health officials urged the following precautions:

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer only if soap and water are not available.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing.
  • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
  • Avoid contact with sick people.
  • Avoid non-essential travel.
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  • Avoid non-essential travel.

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