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COVID-19 in Virginia: 6 new outbreaks reported Saturday, August 29

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Posted at 1:40 PM, Aug 29, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-29 13:40:33-04

RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 832 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Saturday. That meanssix new outbreaks were recorded since Friday's reporting.

Data show 385 (+1 from yesterday's report) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 9,266 COVID-19 cases and 1,335 deaths. That is up 30 cases and -6 deaths from the previous day's report. Three outbreaks were also reported in congregate settings as well as single outbreaks reported in both healthcare and educational settings.

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

The health department reported 1,217 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 118,809. Of those cases, 17,460 (+105 from previous day) are associated with outbreaks.

The number of localities with COVID-19 cases that have topped 100 cases since March continue to climb in the Commonwealth:

18,192 (+108) in Fairfax County
10,722 (+74) in Prince William County
5,948 (+42) in Virginia Beach
5,924 (+46) in Loudoun County
5,013 (+39) in Chesterfield County
4,553 (+43) in Henrico County
4,334 (+6) in Norfolk
3,831 (+36) in Richmond
3,736 (+51) in Chesapeake
3,358 (+6) in Alexandria
3,513 (+21) in Arlington

2,273 (+57) in Newport News
2,198 (+12) in Portsmouth
1,790 (+8) in Manassas City
1,781 (+12) in Spotsylvania
1,681 (+21) in Stafford
1,620 (+17) in Suffolk
1,529 (+10) in Hampton
1,240 (+37) in Harrisonburg
1,186 (+7) in Roanoke City
1,143 (+2) in Accomack
1,111 (+7) in Culpeper
1,044 (+12) in Rockingham
1,022 (+20) in Albemarle

968 (+32) in Lynchburg
835 (+26) in Henry
779 (+11) in Hanover
765 (+1) in Shenandoah
762 (+5) in Frederick
748 (+6) in Fauquier
734 (+8) in James City County
723 (+9) in Pittsylvania
704 (+36) in Greensville
648 (+25) in Charlottesville
644 in Buckingham
621 (+7) in Petersburg

595 (+13) in Danville
589 (-9) in Roanoke County
561 (+3) in Manassas Park
538 (+19) in Isle of Wight
533 (+7) in Bedford
519 (+13) in Prince George
506 (+5) in Mecklenburg
488 (+10) in Prince Edward
476 (+4) in Fredericksburg
451 (+7) in York
449 (+22) in Montgomery
436 (+5) in Winchester

396 (+2) in Galax
394 (+6) in Carroll
389 (+1) in Warren
361 (+7) in Augusta
360 in Page
357 (+12) in Washington
342 (+4) in Hopewell
342 (+4) in Southampton
335 (+1) in Sussex
334 (+52) in Radford
328 (+2) in Richmond County
325 (+9) in Martinsville
321 (+4) in Wise
312 (+2) in Campbell
304 (+1) in Northampton

294 (+11) in Franklin City
283 (+2) in Brunswick
283 (+2) in Dinwiddie
282 (+5) in Amherst
260 (+3) in Orange
260 (+7) in Smyth
259 (+3) in Caroline

248 (+5) in Louisa
246 (-1) in Botetourt
223 (+1) in Fluvanna
223 (+6) in Patrick
223 in Westmoreland
221 (+2) in Emporia
217 (-2) in Colonial Heights
217 (+3) in Goochland
214 (+1) in Waynesboro
209 (+1) in Franklin County
209 (+1) in Salem
204 (+2) in Halifax
201 (+1) in Gloucester
201 (-1) in King George

199 in Greene
198 (+4) in Nottoway
189 (+5) in Grayson
189 (+6) in Lee
188 (+2) in Tazewell
187 (+2) in Powhatan
179 (+2) in Russell
170 in Staunton
163 (+6) in Appomattox
154 (+5) in Wythe
153 (+5) in Williamsburg
150 (+3) in New Kent
150 (+2) in Scott

148 (+8) in Floyd
130 (+4) in Pulaski
121 (+5) in Essex
120 (+10) in Fairfax City
118 (+3) in Bristol
113 (+2) in King William

As of Saturday's update, 9,512 (+52 from previous day) people had been hospitalized and 2,568 (+18) people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.

More women have been infected by the virus at 60,945 cases versus the 57,154 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 710 cases in the Commonwealth.

The coronavirus first most impacted people aged 50 to 69, which currently accounts for more than 24 percent of cases in Virginia. However, people aged 30 to 49 now account for nearly 35 percent of cases, data show.

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

"There has been some talk, and I have seen activity around Virginia, that this only affects the elderly. Well, it doesn't. It affects all of us,"Gov. Ralph Northam previously said. "So take this seriously and please stay home."

City/County-by-County Breakdown of Cases

Accomack: 1,143 (+2)
Albemarle: 1,022 (+20)
Alleghany: 64
Alexandria: 3,358 (+6)
Amelia: 98
Amherst: 282 (+5)
Appomattox: 163 (+6)
Arlington: 3,513 (+21)
Augusta: 361 (+7)

Bath: 4
Bedford: 533 (+7)
Bland: 46 (+4)
Bristol: 118 (+3)
Botetourt: 246 (-1)
Brunswick: 283 (+2)
Buchanan: 97
Buckingham: 644
Buena Vista City: 72

Campbell: 312 (+2)
Caroline: 259 (+3)
Carroll: 394 (+6)
Charles City: 70 (+6)
Charlotte: 69 (+2)
Charlottesville: 648 (+25)
Chesapeake: 3,736 (+51)
Chesterfield: 5,013 (+39)
Clarke: 79 (+1)
Colonial Heights: 217 (-2)
Covington: 23
Craig: 21
Culpeper: 1,111 (+7)
Cumberland: 97 (+1)

Danville: 595 (+13)
Dickenson: 64 (+1)
Dinwiddie: 283 (+2)

Emporia: 221 (+2)
Essex: 121 (+5)

Fairfax: 18,192 (+108)
Fairfax City: 120 (+10)
Falls Church: 66
Fauquier: 748 (+6)
Floyd: 148 (+8)
Fluvanna: 223 (+1)
Franklin City: 294 (+11)
Franklin County: 209 (+1)
Frederick: 762 (+5)
Fredericksburg: 476 (+4)

Galax: 396 (+2)
Giles: 41 (+4)
Gloucester: 201 (+1)
Goochland: 217 (+3)
Grayson: 189 (+5)
Greene: 199
Greensville: 704 (+36)

Halifax: 204 (+2)
Hanover: 779 (+11)
Hampton: 1,529 (+10)
Harrisonburg: 1,240 (+37)
Henrico: 4,553 (+43)
Henry: 835 (+26)
Highland: 6
Hopewell: 342 (+4)

Isle of Wight: 538 (+19)

James City: 734 (+8)

King George: 201 (-1)
King and Queen: 49
King William: 113 (+2)

Lancaster: 68 (+2)
Lee: 189 (+6)
Lexington: 42
Louisa: 248 (+5)
Loudoun: 5,924 (+46)
Lunenburg: 93
Lynchburg: 968 (+32)

Madison: 89 (+2)
Manassas City: 1,790 (+8)
Manassas Park: 561 (+3)
Martinsville: 325 (+9)
Mathews: 23
Mecklenburg: 506 (+5)
Middlesex: 55
Montgomery: 449 (+22)

Nelson: 84 (+1)
New Kent: 150 (+3)
Newport News: 2,273 (+57)
Norfolk: 4,334 (+6)
Northampton: 304 (+1)
Northumberland: 87 (+1)
Norton: 26
Nottoway: 198 (+4)

Orange: 260 (+3)

Page: 360
Patrick: 223 (+6)
Petersburg: 621 (+7)
Pittsylvania: 723 (+9)
Poquoson: 64 (+1)
Portsmouth: 2,198 (+12)
Powhatan: 187 (+2)
Prince Edward: 488 (+10)
Prince George: 519 (+13)
Prince William: 10,722 (+74)
Pulaski: 130 (+4)

Radford: 334 (+52)
Rappahannock: 53
Richmond City: 3,831 (+36)
Richmond County: 328 (+2)
Roanoke City: 1,186 (+7)
Roanoke County: 589 (-9)
Rockbridge: 84
Rockingham: 1,044 (+12)
Russell: 179 (+2)

Salem: 209 (+1)
Scott: 150 (+2)
Shenandoah: 765 (+1)
Smyth: 260 (+7)
Spotsylvania: 1,781 (+12)
Southampton: 342 (+4)
Stafford: 1,681 (+21)
Staunton: 170
Suffolk: 1,620 (+17)
Surry: 62 (+2)
Sussex: 335 (+1)

Tazewell: 188 (+2)

Virginia Beach: 5,948 (+42)

Warren: 389 (+1)
Washington: 357 (+12)
Waynesboro: 214 (+1)
Westmoreland: 223
Winchester: 436 (+5)
Williamsburg: 153 (+5)
Wise: 321 (+4)
Wythe: 154 (+5)

York: 451 (+7)

*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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