COVID-19 in Virginia: New outbreak reported Saturday, June 6

RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 390 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Saturday. That is an increase of one outbreak since Friday's report.

Data show 224 (+2 from yesterday) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 5,230 COVID-19 cases and 823 deaths. That is up 47 cases and 2 deaths from the previous day's report.

The health department reported 865 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 141,383 total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 49,397.

The number of COVID-19 cases associated with "distinct clusters" of local transmission of the virus continues to climb in the Commonwealth:

12,056 (+152) in Fairfax County
6,121 (+91) in Prince William County
2,939 (+102) in Loudon County
2,195 (+22) in Arlington
2,070 (+25) in Alexandria
2,033 (+50) in Henrico County
1,797 (+36) in Chesterfield County
1,592 (+65) in Richmond
1,214 (+24) in Manassas City
970 (+1) in Accomack
823 (+6) in Harrisonburg
798 (+14) in Virginia Beach
765 (+14) in Stafford
745 (+5) in Culpeper
634 (+19) in Spotsylvania
577 (+14) in Chesapeake
572 (+11) in Rockingham
562 (+2) in Norfolk
477 (+2) in Buckingham
476 (+4) in Shenandoah
393 (+5) in Frederick
351 (+8) in Manassas Park
345 (+6) in Fauquier
340 (+2) in Hanover
335 (+10) in Portsmouth
323 (+1) in Suffolk
314 (+5) in Newport News
291 (+2) in Richmond County
251 (+2) in Northampton
239 (+10) in Greensville
237 (+4) in Page
232 (+7) in Winchester
222 (+2) in Mecklenburg
222 (+2) in Warren
221 (+4) in Albemarle
215 (+1) in Hampton
211 in James City County
197 (+7) in Roanoke City
192 (+6) in Fredericksburg
175 (+1) in Sussex
163 (+4) in Petersburg
159 (+4) in Henry
152 in Southampton
148 (+2) in Prince Edward
146 (+4) n Prince George
143 (+3) in Galax
142 (+5) in Isle of Wight
131 in Charlottesville
125 (+1) in Augusta
125 (+3) in Carroll
122 (+3) in Roanoke County
117 (-2) in Orange
114 (+4) in Hopewell
105 in Goochland

As of Saturday's update, 5,054 people had been hospitalized and 1,460 people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.

The coronavirus has most impacted people aged 50 to 69 as that group accounts for nearly 27 percent of cases, data show.

"But we're also seeing cases in people in their 20s," Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam previously said.

In fact, Northam said that group accounts for 16 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, "Northam said. "So take this seriously and please stay home."

More women have been infected by the virus at 24,596 cases versus the 24,258 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 543 cases in the Commonwealth.

City/County-by-County Breakdown of Cases

Accomack: 970 (+1)
Albemarle: 221 (+4)
Alleghany: 26 (+2)
Alexandria: 2,070 (+25)
Amelia: 31 (+3)
Amherst: 27
Appomattox: 33
Arlington: 2,195 (+22)
Augusta: 125 (+1)

Bedford: 76 (+4)
Bristol: 4
Botetourt: 39 (+4)
Brunswick: 32
Buchanan: 18
Buckingham: 477 (+2)
Buena Vista City: 13

Campbell: 20
Caroline: 83 (+4)
Carroll: 125 (+3)
Charles City: 27
Charlotte: 28
Charlottesville: 131
Chesapeake: 577 (+14)
Chesterfield: 1,797 (+36)
Clarke: 31
Colonial Heights: 97
Covington: 4
Craig: 5
Culpeper: 745 (+5)
Cumberland: 41

Danville: 60
Dinwiddie: 98 (+5)

Emporia: 88 (+2)
Essex: 53

Fairfax: 12,056 (+152)
Fairfax City: 68 (+1)
Falls Church: 56
Fauquier: 345 (+6)
Floyd: 6
Fluvanna: 94
Franklin City: 42
Franklin County: 39 (+1)
Frederick: 393 (+5)
Fredericksburg: 192 (+6)

Galax: 143 (+3)
Giles: 5
Gloucester: 32
Goochland: 105
Grayson: 48 (+2)
Greene: 38 (+3)
Greensville: 239 (+10)

Halifax: 31
Hanover: 340 (+2)
Hampton: 215 (+1)
Harrisonburg: 823 (+6)
Henrico: 2,033 (+50)
Henry: 159 (+4)
Highland: 3
Hopewell: 114 (+4)

Isle of Wight: 142 (+5)

James City: 211

King George: 73 (+1)
King and Queen: 22 (+1)
King William: 32 (+1)

Lancaster: 10
Lee: 9
Lexington: 7
Louisa: 92 (+7)
Loudoun: 2,939 (+102)
Lunenburg: 17
Lynchburg: 88 (+1)

Madison: 41
Manassas City: 1,214 (+24)
Manassas Park: 351 (+8)
Martinsville: 47 (+6)
Mathews: 5
Mecklenburg: 222 (+2)
Middlesex: 14
Montgomery: 91 (+6)

Nelson: 17
New Kent: 43 (+4)
Newport News: 314 (+5)
Norfolk: 562 (+2)
Northampton: 251 (+2)
Northumberland: 25
Norton: 2
Nottoway: 48 (+8)

Orange: 117 (-2)

Page: 237 (+4)
Patrick: 27 (+4)
Petersburg: 163 (+4)
Pittsylvania: 47
Poquoson: 8
Portsmouth: 335 (+10)
Powhatan: 44 (+7)
Prince Edward: 148 (+2)
Prince George: 146 (+4)
Prince William: 6,121 (+91)
Pulaski: 24 (+3)

Radford: 7 (+1)
Rappahannock: 18 (+3)
Richmond City: 1,592 (+65)
Richmond County: 291 (+2)
Roanoke City: 197 (+7)
Roanoke County: 122 (+3)
Rockbridge: 18
Rockingham: 572 (+11)
Russell: 8

Salem: 38 (+1)
Scott: 7
Shenandoah: 476 (+4)
Smyth: 15
Spotsylvania: 634 (+19)
Southampton: 152
Stafford: 765 (+14)
Staunton: 52 (-1)
Suffolk: 323 (+1)
Surry: 10
Sussex: 175 (+1)

Tazewell: 10 (+1)

Virginia Beach: 798 (+14)

Warren: 222 (+2)
Washington: 53
Waynesboro: 49 (+1)
Westmoreland: 81 (+1)
Winchester: 232 (+7)
Williamsburg: 45
Wise: 27
Wythe: 33 (+3)

York: 82 (+3)

*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.