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COVID-19 in Virginia: 19 new outbreaks reported Saturday

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Posted at 4:25 PM, Dec 05, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-05 16:37:28-05

RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 1,601 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Saturday. That means 19 new outbreaks were recorded since Friday's reporting.

Data show 586 (+7 from yesterday's report) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 16,063 COVID-19 cases and 2,045 deaths. That is up 143 cases and 16 additional deaths from the previous day's report.

There were also four new outbreaks recorded in a congregate setting, three at a correctional facility and two in a healthcare setting.

Additionally, there were three new outbreaks recorded in an educational setting: 80 (+2) outbreaks in child care centers, 50 (no change) in colleges/universities and 71 (+1) in K-12 schools.

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

The health department reported 3,793 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 65,193 total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 251,173. Of those cases, 35,276 (+466 from previous day) are associated with outbreaks.

RELATED: COVID-19 in Virginia: LIVE updates for Saturday, December 5

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

32,579 (+333) in Fairfax County
19,161 (+193) in Prince William County
11,552 (+234) in Virginia Beach
10,557 (+88) in Loudoun County
9,874 (+142) in Chesterfield County
8,838 (+128) in Henrico County

6,960 (+64) in Richmond
6,888 (+47) in Chesapeake
6,786 (+58) in Norfolk
6,640 (+105) in Arlington
5,602 (+89) in Alexandria

4,295 (+61) in Roanoke City
4,198 (+19) in Newport News
4,084 (+44) in Montgomery
3,565 (+36) in Harrisonburg
3,536 (+78) in Stafford
3,340 (+48) in Spotsylvania
3,298 (+42) in Portsmouth
3,183 (+109) in Roanoke County

2,922 (+61) in Lynchburg
2,903 (+21) in Hampton
2,867 (+3`1) in Suffolk
2,622 (+39) in Hanover
2,469 (+52) in Rockingham
2,394 (+57) in Frederick
2,377 (+22) in Manassas City
2,326 (+32) in Culpeper
2,030 (+51) in Albemarle
2,018 (+62) in Bedford
2,008 (+11) in Henry

1,966 (+92) in Washington
1,908 (+18) in Charlottesville
1,885 (+30) in Pittsylvania
1,719 (+9) in Franklin County
1,712 (+28) in Danville
1,633 (+34) in Fauquier
1,503 (+13) in Prince George
1,503 (+27) in Shenandoah

1,399 (+60) in Augusta
1,374 (+7) in Accomack
1,320 (+17) in Wise
1,290 (+32) in Campbell
1,241 (+1) in James City County
1,225 (+14) in Radford
1,157 (+20) in Tazewell
1,151 (+9) in Petersburg
1,147 (+22) in Winchester
1,134 (+61) in Smyth
1,074 (+12) in Isle of Wight
1,069 (+45) in Staunton
1,063 (+40) in Carroll
1,033 (+5) in Mecklenburg
1,012 (+21) in Lee
1,004 (+6) in Southampton

989 (+75) in Buckingham
975 (+7) in York
944 in Greensville
939 (+9) in Warren
923 (+11) in Salem
914 (+31) in Russell

897 (+4) in Prince Edward
884 (+17) in Amherst
854 (+6) in Halifax
848 (+24) in Scott
839 (+21) in Botetourt

794 (+22) in Pulaski
768 (+39) in Wythe
757 (+9) in Martinsville
751 (+3) in Manassas Park
741 (+18) in Fredericksburg
715 (+37) in Waynesboro
701 (+15) in Caroline

699 (+8) in Dinwiddie
675 (+3) in Sussex
651 (+7) in Hopewell
639 (+15) in Orange
621 (+11) in Page

599 (+20) in Galax
591 (+10) in Bristol
584 (+33) in Nottoway
571 (+19) in Louisa
560 (+16) in Grayson
557 (+3) in Franklin City
543 in Gloucester
522 (+11) in Fluvanna
511 (+10) in Powhatan
505 (+5) in Patrick

496 (+38) in Buchanan
489 (+3) in Brunswick
483 (+8) in Richmond County
480 (+25) in Westmoreland
476 (+6) in Goochland
467 (+28) in King George
451 (+4) in Colonial Heights
438 (+13) in Appomattox
422 (+4) in New Kent

383 (+3) in Greene
381 (+7) in Lexington
376 (+5) in Floyd
374 (+19) in Alleghany
356 (+6) in Northampton
341 (+26) in Dickenson
341 in Emporia
335 (+14) in Giles
317 (+12) in Rockbridge
310 (+11) in Buena Vista City
300 (-1) in Williamsburg

As of Saturday's update, 15,255 (+139 from previous day) people had been hospitalized and 4,197 (+37) people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.

More women have been infected by the virus at 128,884 cases versus the 119,886 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 2,403 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: 1,374 (+7)
Albemarle: 2,030 (+51)
Alleghany: 374 (+19)
Alexandria: 5,602 (+89)
Amelia: 253 (+9)
Amherst: 884 (+17)
Appomattox: 438 (+13)
Arlington: 6,640 (+105)
Augusta: 1,399 (+60)

Bath: 69 (+2)
Bedford: 2,018 (+62)
Bland: 229 (+13)
Bristol: 591 (+10)
Botetourt: 839 (+21)
Brunswick: 489 (+3)
Buchanan: 496 (+38)
Buckingham: 989 (+75)
Buena Vista City: 310 (+11)

Campbell: 1,290 (+32)
Caroline: 701 (+15)
Carroll: 1,063 (+40)
Charles City: 150 (+4)
Charlotte: 292 (+4)
Charlottesville: 1,908 (+18)
Chesapeake: 6,888 (+47)
Chesterfield: 9,874 (+142)
Clarke: 218 (+5)
Colonial Heights: 451 (+4)
Covington: 185 (+6)
Craig: 97 (+3)
Culpeper: 2,326 (+32)
Cumberland: 168 (+5)

Danville: 1,712 (+28)
Dickenson: 341 (+26)
Dinwiddie: 699 (+8)

Emporia: 341
Essex: 258 (-1)

Fairfax: 32,579 (+333)
Fairfax City: 223 (+9)
Falls Church: 119 (+2)
Fauquier: 1,633 (+34)
Floyd: 376 (+5)
Fluvanna: 522 (+11)
Franklin City: 557 (+3)
Franklin County: 1,719 (+9)
Frederick: 2,394 (+57)
Fredericksburg: 741 (+18)

Galax: 599 (+20)
Giles: 335 (+14)
Gloucester: 543
Goochland: 476 (+6)
Grayson: 560 (+16)
Greene: 383 (+3)
Greensville: 944

Halifax: 854 (+6)
Hanover: 2,622 (+39)
Hampton: 2,903 (+21)
Harrisonburg: 3,565 (+36)
Henrico: 8,838 (+128)
Henry: 2,008 (+11)
Highland: 25 (+2)
Hopewell: 651 (+7)

Isle of Wight: 1,074 (+12)

James City: 1,241 (+1)

King George: 467 (+28)
King and Queen: 106
King William: 298

Lancaster: 246 (+1)
Lee: 1,012 (+21)
Lexington: 381 (+7)
Louisa: 571 (+19)
Loudoun: 10,557 (+88)
Lunenburg: 178 (+1)
Lynchburg: 2,922 (+61)

Madison: 200 (+5)
Manassas City: 2,377 (+22)
Manassas Park: 751 (+3)
Martinsville: 757 (+9)
Mathews: 170
Mecklenburg: 1,033 (+5)
Middlesex: 180
Montgomery: 4,084 (+44)

Nelson: 202 (+4)
New Kent: 422 (+4)
Newport News: 4,198 (+19)
Norfolk: 6,786 (+58)
Northampton: 356 (+6)
Northumberland: 296 (+2)
Norton: 95 (+4)
Nottoway: 584 (+33)

Orange: 639 (+15)

Page: 621 (+11)
Patrick: 505 (+5)
Petersburg: 1,151 (+9)
Pittsylvania: 1,885 (+30)
Poquoson: 159
Portsmouth: 3,298 (+42)
Powhatan: 511 (+10)
Prince Edward: 897 (+4)
Prince George: 1,503 (+13)
Prince William: 19,161 (+193)
Pulaski: 794 (+22)

Radford: 1,225 (+14)
Rappahannock: 103 (+3)
Richmond City: 6,960 (+64)
Richmond County: 483 (+8)
Roanoke City: 4,295 (+61)
Roanoke County: 3,183 (+109)
Rockbridge: 317 (+12)
Rockingham: 2,469 (+52)
Russell: 914 (+31)

Salem: 923 (+11)
Scott: 848 (+24)
Shenandoah: 1,503 (+27)
Smyth: 1,134 (+61)
Spotsylvania: 3,340 (+48)
Southampton: 1,004 (+6)
Stafford: 3,536 (+78)
Staunton: 1,069 (+45)
Suffolk: 2,867 (+3`1)
Surry: 183 (+2)
Sussex: 675 (+3)

Tazewell: 1,157 (+20)

Virginia Beach: 11,552 (+234)

Warren: 939 (+9)
Washington: 1,966 (+92)
Waynesboro: 715 (+37)
Westmoreland: 480 (+25)
Winchester: 1,147 (+22)
Williamsburg: 300 (-1)
Wise: 1,320 (+17)
Wythe: 768 (+39)

York: 975 (+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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  • Avoid non-essential travel.

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