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COVID-19 in Virginia: 2 new outbreaks reported Sunday, August 16

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Posted at 5:39 PM, Aug 16, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-16 20:32:23-04

RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 740 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Sunday. That means2 new outbreaks were recorded since Saturday's reporting.

Data show 352 (+1 from yesterday's report) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 8,768 COVID-19 cases and 1,297 deaths. That is up 13 cases and no additional deaths from the previous day's report. One new outbreak was also reported in a congregate setting.

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

The health department reported 937 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 17,206 total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 106,687. Of those cases, 15,830 (+60 from previous day) are associated with outbreaks.

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

16,995 (+113) in Fairfax County
9,890 (+66) in Prince William County
5,511 (+29) in Loudoun County
5,394 (+72) in Virginia Beach
4,621 (+25) in Chesterfield County
4,109 (+41) in Henrico County
3,982 (+38) in Norfolk
3,354 (+15) in Richmond
3,258 (+61) in Chesapeake
3,229 (+33) in Arlington
3,104 (+22) in Alexandria

1,980 (+20) in Newport News
1,965 (+1) in Portsmouth
1,710 (+14) in Manassas City
1,607 (+9) in Spotsylvania
1,496 (+16) in Stafford
1,425 (+24) in Suffolk
1,337 (+16) in Hampton
1,123 (+3) in Accomack
1,099 (+6) in Harrisonburg
1,064 (+8) in Roanoke City
1,039 (+6) in Culpeper

975 (+7) in Rockingham
906 (+16) in Albemarle
742 (+6) in Shenandoah
736 (+17) in Lynchburg
700 (+5) in Hanover
698 in Frederick
672 in Henry
641 (+4) in James City County
638 (+6) in Fauquier
617 (+1) in Buckingham

570 (+1) in Greensville
567 (+7) in Pittsylvania
560 (+2) in Charlottesville
541 (+4) in Petersburg
535 (+5) in Manassas Park
514 (-1) in Roanoke County
465 (+14) in Danville
459 (+1) in Mecklenburg
456 (+2) in Prince George
447 in Prince Edward
431 (+2) in Isle of Wight
428 (+2) in Fredericksburg
421 (+5) in Winchester
414 (+17) in Bedford
406 (+6) in York

367 in Warren
353 in Galax
353 (+1) in Page
341 (+1) in Carroll
327 (+6) in Montgomery
324 (+1) in Richmond County
316 in Sussex
310 (+4) in Augusta
303 (+2) in Southampton

299 (+1) in Northampton
291 (+5) in Hopewell
283 (+22) in Washington
251 (+7) in Campbell
247 in Brunswick
240 in Martinsville
238 (+6) in Dinwiddie
238 (+9) in Wise
235 (+2) in Orange
228 (+4) in Caroline
220 in Botetourt
219 (+13) in Amherst
216 in Westmoreland
210 (+5) in Franklin City
206 (+1) in Colonial Heights
204 (+1) in Louisa
202 (+1) in Fluvanna

188 in Emporia
188 (+1) in Waynesboro
183 in Nottoway
182 in Franklin County
177 (+1) in Greene
176 in Patrick
175 in Gloucester
172 (+1) in Goochland
169 (+2) in Halifax
169 (+5) in Smyth
167 (+3) in King George
167 (+6) in Powhatan
165 in Salem
165 (+1) in Grayson
158 in Staunton
150 (+5) in Russell

148 (+4) in Lee
135 (+1) in New Kent
135 (+2) in Williamsburg
131 (+1) in Tazewell
125 in Wythe
118 (+4) in Scott
112 (+1) in Floyd
108 in Essex
103 (+1) in Appomattox
103 (+5) in Fairfax City
102 (+1) in King William

As of Sunday's update, 8,737 (+36 from previous day) people had been hospitalized and 2,381 (no change) people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.

More women have been infected by the virus at 54,611 cases versus the 51,420 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 656 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 35 percent of cases, data show.

Additionally, people in their 20s account for 19.7 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: 1,123 (+3)
Albemarle: 906 (+16)
Alleghany: 60 (+1)
Alexandria: 3,104 (+22)
Amelia: 85 (+2)
Amherst: 219 (+13)
Appomattox: 103 (+1)
Arlington: 3,229 (+33)
Augusta: 310 (+4)

Bath: 4
Bedford: 414 (+17)
Bland: 31 (+1)
Bristol: 92
Botetourt: 220
Brunswick: 247
Buchanan: 84 (+1)
Buckingham: 617 (+1)
Buena Vista City: 65 (+1)

Campbell: 251 (+7)
Caroline: 228 (+4)
Carroll: 341 (+1)
Charles City: 55 (+1)
Charlotte: 58 (+1)
Charlottesville: 560 (+2)
Chesapeake: 3,258 (+61)
Chesterfield: 4,621 (+25)
Clarke: 74 (+1)
Colonial Heights: 206 (+1)
Covington: 13
Craig: 19
Culpeper: 1,039 (+6)
Cumberland: 81 (+1)

Danville: 465 (+14)
Dickenson: 52
Dinwiddie: 238 (+6)

Emporia: 188
Essex: 108

Fairfax: 16,995 (+113)
Fairfax City: 103 (+5)
Falls Church: 62
Fauquier: 638 (+6)
Floyd: 112 (+1)
Fluvanna: 202 (+1)
Franklin City: 210 (+5)
Franklin County: 182
Frederick: 698
Fredericksburg: 428 (+2)

Galax: 353
Giles: 32 (+3)
Gloucester: 175
Goochland: 172 (+1)
Grayson: 165 (+1)
Greene: 177 (+1)
Greensville: 570 (+1)

Halifax: 169 (+2)
Hanover: 700 (+5)
Hampton: 1,337 (+16)
Harrisonburg: 1,099 (+6)
Henrico: 4,109 (+41)
Henry: 672
Highland: 6
Hopewell: 291 (+5)

Isle of Wight: 431 (+2)

James City: 641 (+4)

King George: 167 (+3)
King and Queen: 42
King William: 102 (+1)

Lancaster: 49
Lee: 148 (+4)
Lexington: 36 (+1)
Louisa: 204 (+1)
Loudoun: 5,511 (+29)
Lunenburg: 68 (+1)
Lynchburg: 736 (+17)

Madison: 72
Manassas City: 1,710 (+14)
Manassas Park: 535 (+5)
Martinsville: 240
Mathews: 23
Mecklenburg: 459 (+1)
Middlesex: 51
Montgomery: 327 (+6)

Nelson: 67 (+6)
New Kent: 135 (+1)
Newport News: 1,980 (+20)
Norfolk: 3,982 (+38)
Northampton: 299 (+1)
Northumberland: 79
Norton: 23
Nottoway: 183

Orange: 235 (+2)

Page: 353 (+1)
Patrick: 176
Petersburg: 541 (+4)
Pittsylvania: 567 (+7)
Poquoson: 46 (+1)
Portsmouth: 1,965 (+1)
Powhatan: 167 (+6)
Prince Edward: 447
Prince George: 456 (+2)
Prince William: 9,890 (+66)
Pulaski: 91

Radford: 67 (+2)
Rappahannock: 46 (+1)
Richmond City: 3,354 (+15)
Richmond County: 324 (+1)
Roanoke City: 1,064 (+8)
Roanoke County: 514 (-1)
Rockbridge: 80 (+5)
Rockingham: 975 (+7)
Russell: 150 (+5)

Salem: 165
Scott: 118 (+4)
Shenandoah: 742 (+6)
Smyth: 169 (+5)
Spotsylvania: 1,607 (+9)
Southampton: 303 (+2)
Stafford: 1,496 (+16)
Staunton: 158
Suffolk: 1,425 (+24)
Surry: 51
Sussex: 316

Tazewell: 131 (+1)

Virginia Beach: 5,394 (+72)

Warren: 367
Washington: 283 (+22)
Waynesboro: 188 (+1)
Westmoreland: 216
Winchester: 421 (+5)
Williamsburg: 135 (+2)
Wise: 238 (+9)
Wythe: 125

York: 406 (+6)

*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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