RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 1,790 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Saturday. That means 20 new outbreaks were recorded since Friday's reporting.
Data show 664 (+9 from yesterday's report) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 19,192 COVID-19 cases and 2,247 deaths. That is up 582 cases and 15 additional death from the previous day's report.
Six new outbreaks were recorded in a congregate setting as well as three new outbreaks in a healthcare setting.
Additionally, two new outbreaks were recorded in an educational setting: 88 (+1) outbreaks in child care centers, 53 (+0) in colleges/universities and 85 (+1) in K-12 schools.
Scroll down for complete city/county-by-county breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Virginia
The health department reported 3,584 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 77,780 total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 302,972. Of those cases, 41,006 (+737 from previous day) are associated with outbreaks.
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The number of localities with COVID-19 cases that have topped 200 cases since March continue to climb in the Commonwealth:
38,738 (+261) in Fairfax County
22,355 (+182) in Prince William County
13,992 (+152) in Virginia Beach
12,503 (+117) in Loudoun County
11,528 (+119) in Chesterfield County
10,621 (+133) in Henrico County
8,270 (+102) in Chesapeake
8,096 (+135) in Richmond
7,821 (+111) in Arlington
7,723 (+39) in Norfolk
6,533 (+77) in Alexandria
5,083 (+87) in Newport News
4,838 (+41) in Roanoke City
4,735 (+85) in Montgomery
4,335 (+28) in Stafford
4,050 (+30) in Roanoke County
4,039 (+11) in Harrisonburg
3,996 (+22) in Spotsylvania
3,826 (+66) in Portsmouth
3,742 (+64) in Hampton
3,621 (+56) in Lynchburg
3,423 (+44) in Suffolk
3,241 (+52) in Rockingham
3,211 (+42) in Frederick
3,162 (+34) in Hanover
2,685 (+30) in Culpeper
2,653 (+10) in Manassas City
2,622 (+57) in Bedford
2,589 (+53) in Augusta
2,552 (+56) in Washington
2,433 (+25) in Albemarle
2,329 (+10) in Pittsylvania
2,317 (+34) in Henry
2,090 (+34) in Danville
2,062 (+12) in Charlottesville
2,073 (+37) in Franklin County
2,040 (+46) in Fauquier
1,873 (+30) in Shenandoah
1,826 (+54) in Tazewell
1,690 (+43) in Wise
1,684 (+35) in Campbell
1,657 (+12) in Prince George
1,564 (+11) in Accomack
1,536 (+39) in Smyth
1,531 (+29) in James City County
1,448 (+5) in Winchester
1,381 (+13) in Radford
1,316 (+24) in Carroll
1,300 (+21) in Isle of Wight
1,289 (+34) in Staunton
1,286 (+21) in Russell
1,262 (+7) in Petersburg
1,241 (+28) in York
1,230 (+17) in Lee
1,217 (+12) in Buckingham
1,204 (+21) in Amherst
1,202 (+32) in Pulaski
1,157 (+19) in Warren
1,156 (+12) in Mecklenburg
1,093 (+32) in Wythe
1,081 (+8) in Southampton
1,076 (+13) in Scott
1,074 (+22) in Botetourt
1,044 (+1) in Salem
989 (+8) in Halifax
984 (+25) in Waynesboro
972 (+2) in Greensville
970 (+4) in Prince Edward
903 (+49) in Nottoway
897 (+14) in Fredericksburg
886 (+10) in Martinsville
871 (+14) in Caroline
854 (+7) in Manassas Park
849 (+18) in Page
787 (+3) in Dinwiddie
785 (+11) in Orange
758 (+34) in Bristol
752 (+3) in Hopewell
722 (+7) in Louisa
719 (+10) in Galax
714 (+12) in Gloucester
692 (+11) in Grayson
669 (+8) in Powhatan
668 (+1) in Sussex
663 (+2) in Fluvanna
658 (+7) in Patrick
624 (+6) in Franklin City
619 (+3) in Buchanan
609 (+11) in Richmond County
604 (+5) in Westmoreland
582 (+20) in Alleghany
578 (+12) in Appomattox
564 (+2) in King George
545 (+3) in Brunswick
545 (+6) in Colonial Heights
536 (+6) in Dickenson
525 (+1) in Goochland
504 (+3) in New Kent
491 (+24) in Lexington
472 (+13) in Giles
456 (+7) in Greene
452 (+18) in Rockbridge
448 (+10) in Floyd
433 (+7) in Buena Vista City
410 (+9) in Bland
392 (+48) in Northumberland
385 (+2) in King William
377 in Emporia
359 (-25) in Northampton
344 (+1) in Williamsburg
327 in Amelia
320 (+2) in Charlotte
316 (+7) in Covington
311 (+4) in Clarke
As of Saturday's update, 16,824 (+140 from previous day) people had been hospitalized and 4,643 (+45) people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.
More women have been infected by the virus at 155,764 cases versus the 144,013 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 3,195 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 32 percent of cases, data show.
Additionally, people in their 20s account for 20 percent of cases in the state.
City/County-by-County Breakdown of Cases
Accomack: 1,564 (+11)
Albemarle: 2,433 (+25)
Alleghany: 582 (+20)
Alexandria: 6,533 (+77)
Amelia: 327
Amherst: 1,204 (+21)
Appomattox: 578 (+12)
Arlington: 7,821 (+111)
Augusta: 2,589 (+53)
Bath: 109 (+2)
Bedford: 2,622 (+57)
Bland: 410 (+9)
Bristol: 758 (+34)
Botetourt: 1,074 (+22)
Brunswick: 545 (+3)
Buchanan: 619 (+3)
Buckingham: 1,217 (+12)
Buena Vista City: 433 (+7)
Campbell: 1,684 (+35)
Caroline: 871 (+14)
Carroll: 1,316 (+24)
Charles City: 165 (+2)
Charlotte: 320 (+2)
Charlottesville: 2,062 (+12)
Chesapeake: 8,270 (+102)
Chesterfield: 11,528 (+119)
Clarke: 311 (+4)
Colonial Heights: 545 (+6)
Covington: 316 (+7)
Craig: 128 (+5)
Culpeper: 2,685 (+30)
Cumberland: 185 (+2)
Danville: 2,090 (+34)
Dickenson: 536 (+6)
Dinwiddie: 787 (+3)
Emporia: 377
Essex: 296 (+1)
Fairfax: 38,738 (+261)
Fairfax City: 264 (+3)
Falls Church: 147
Fauquier: 2,040 (+46)
Floyd: 448 (+10)
Fluvanna: 663 (+2)
Franklin City: 624 (+6)
Franklin County: 2,073 (+37)
Frederick: 3,211 (+42)
Fredericksburg: 897 (+14)
Galax: 719 (+10)
Giles: 472 (+13)
Gloucester: 714 (+12)
Goochland: 525 (+1)
Grayson: 692 (+11)
Greene: 456 (+7)
Greensville: 972 (+2)
Halifax: 989 (+8)
Hanover: 3,162 (+34)
Hampton: 3,742 (+64)
Harrisonburg: 4,039 (+11)
Henrico: 10,621 (+133)
Henry: 2,317 (+34)
Highland: 39 (+1)
Hopewell: 752 (+3)
Isle of Wight: 1,300 (+21)
James City: 1,531 (+29)
King George: 564 (+2)
King and Queen: 140 (+1)
King William: 385 (+2)
Lancaster: 279
Lee: 1,230 (+17)
Lexington: 491 (+24)
Louisa: 722 (+7)
Loudoun: 12,503 (+117)
Lunenburg: 222
Lynchburg: 3,621 (+56)
Madison: 254 (+3)
Manassas City: 2,653 (+10)
Manassas Park: 854 (+7)
Martinsville: 886 (+10)
Mathews: 258 (+1)
Mecklenburg: 1,156 (+12)
Middlesex: 230 (+5)
Montgomery: 4,735 (+85)
Nelson: 277 (+7)
New Kent: 504 (+3)
Newport News: 5,083 (+87)
Norfolk: 7,723 (+39)
Northampton: 359 (-25)
Northumberland: 392 (+48)
Norton: 125 (+6)
Nottoway: 903 (+49)
Orange: 785 (+11)
Page: 849 (+18)
Patrick: 658 (+7)
Petersburg: 1,262 (+7)
Pittsylvania: 2,329 (+10)
Poquoson: 267 (+6)
Portsmouth: 3,826 (+66)
Powhatan: 669 (+8)
Prince Edward: 970 (+4)
Prince George: 1,657 (+12)
Prince William: 22,355 (+182)
Pulaski: 1,202 (+32)
Radford: 1,381 (+13)
Rappahannock: 133 (+2)
Richmond City: 8,096 (+135)
Richmond County: 609 (+11)
Roanoke City: 4,838 (+41)
Roanoke County: 4,050 (+30)
Rockbridge: 452 (+18)
Rockingham: 3,241 (+52)
Russell: 1,286 (+21)
Salem: 1,044 (+1)
Scott: 1,076 (+13)
Shenandoah: 1,873 (+30)
Smyth: 1,536 (+39)
Spotsylvania: 3,996 (+22)
Southampton: 1,081 (+8)
Stafford: 4,335 (+28)
Staunton: 1,289 (+34)
Suffolk: 3,423 (+44)
Surry: 219 (+1)
Sussex: 668 (+1)
Tazewell: 1,826 (+54)
Virginia Beach: 13,992 (+152)
Warren: 1,157 (+19)
Washington: 2,552 (+56)
Waynesboro: 984 (+25)
Westmoreland: 604 (+5)
Winchester: 1,448 (+5)
Williamsburg: 344 (+1)
Wise: 1,690 (+43)
Wythe: 1,093 (+32)
York: 1,241 (+28)
*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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