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COVID-19 in Virginia: 19 new outbreaks reported Thursday

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Posted at 6:31 PM, Dec 03, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-03 20:06:05-05

RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 1,565 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Thursday. That means19 new outbreaks were recorded since Wednesday's reporting.

Data show 576 (+5 from yesterday's report) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 15,811 COVID-19 cases and 2,021 deaths. That is up 151 cases and 24 additional deaths from the previous day's report. Five new outbreaks were recorded in a healthcare setting, four new outbreaks in a congregate setting and one new outbreak at a correctional facility. Additionally, there were four new outbreaks recorded in an educational setting: 76 (+1) outbreaks in child care centers, 49 (+1) in colleges/universities and 69 (+2) in K-12 schools.

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

The health department reported 2,023 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 16,875 total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 244,503. Of those cases, 34,405 (+244 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:

31,915 (+254) in Fairfax County
18,852 (+190) in Prince William County
11,149 (+79) in Virginia Beach
10,376 (+74) in Loudoun County
9,631 (+68) in Chesterfield County
8,615 (+66) in Henrico County

6,840 (+37) in Richmond
6,790 (+51) in Chesapeake
6,654 (+37) in Norfolk
6,472 (+55) in Arlington
5,479 (+32) in Alexandria

4,175 (+24) in Roanoke City
4,144 (+21) in Newport News
3,993 (+43) in Montgomery
3,498 (+5) in Harrisonburg
3,388 (+22) in Stafford
3,248 (+30) in Spotsylvania
3,246 (+12) in Portsmouth
3,036 (+18) in Roanoke County

2,867 (+21) in Hampton
2,812 (+9) in Suffolk
2,802 (+13) in Lynchburg
2,534 (+40) in Hanover
2,344 (+13) in Manassas City
2,357 (+14) in Rockingham
2,264 (+8) in Culpeper
2,319 (+33) in Frederick

1,967 (+24) in Henry
1,939 (+7) in Albemarle
1,908 (+15) in Bedford
1,872 (+8) in Charlottesville
1,838 (+22) in Pittsylvania
1,827 (+21) in Washington
1,675 (+20) in Franklin County
1,677 (+6) in Danville

1,559 (+19) in Fauquier
1,476 (+14) in Prince George
1,462 (+25) in Shenandoah
1,363 (+4) in Accomack
1,294 (+32) in Augusta
1,283 (+17) in Wise
1,234 (+5) in James City County
1,230 (+6) in Campbell
1,193 (+17) in Radford
1,136 (+4) in Petersburg
1,130 (+8) in Tazewell
1,112 (+17) in Winchester
1,082 (+15) in Smyth
1,051 (+1) in Isle of Wight
1,017 (+1) in Mecklenburg
1,006 (+19) in Staunton
1,002 (+10) in Carroll

997 (+1) in Southampton
982 (+11) in Lee
957 (+7) in York
938 (+1) in Greensville
925 (+30) in Warren
907 (+2) in Buckingham

898 (-3) in Salem
886 (+2) in Prince Edward
862 (+10) in Russell
841 (+8) in Amherst
838 (+4) in Halifax
809 (+12) in Scott
802 (+8) in Botetourt

740 (+6) in Manassas Park
745 (+20) in Pulaski
734 (+9) in Martinsville
717 (+6) in Fredericksburg
716 (+8) in Wythe

687 (+5) in Dinwiddie
676 (+27) in Caroline
672 (+19) in Waynesboro
671 in Sussex
630 in Hopewell
620 (+6) in Orange
605 (+4) in Page

575 (+1) in Galax
568 (+13) in Bristol
551 in Franklin City
547 (+2) in Louisa
542 (+5) in Grayson
524 (+3) in Gloucester
524 (+6) in Nottoway
505 (+1) in Fluvanna

494 (+6) in Powhatan
482 (+8) in Brunswick
482 (+7) in Patrick
465 (+17) in Richmond County
463 (+6) in Goochland
450 (+5) in Westmoreland
457 (+8) in Buchanan
438 (+9) in Colonial Heights
436 (+3) in King George
414 (+4) in Appomattox
413 (+8) in New Kent

375 (+2) in Greene
366 (+1) in Lexington
363 (+8) in Floyd
351 in Northampton
344 (+1) in Alleghany
338 in Emporia
317 (+10) in Giles
305 (+11) in Dickenson

As of Thursday's update, 15,014 (+131 from previous day) people had been hospitalized and 4,147 (+31) people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.

More women have been infected by the virus at 125,459 cases versus the 116,849 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 2,195 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: 1,363 (+4)
Albemarle: 1,939 (+7)
Alleghany: 344 (+1)
Alexandria: 5,479 (+32)
Amelia: 235 (+2)
Amherst: 841 (+8)
Appomattox: 414 (+4)
Arlington: 6,472 (+55)
Augusta: 1,294 (+32)

Bath: 67 (+1)
Bedford: 1,908 (+15)
Bland: 214 (+10)
Bristol: 568 (+13)
Botetourt: 802 (+8)
Brunswick: 482 (+8)
Buchanan: 457 (+8)
Buckingham: 907 (+2)
Buena Vista City: 281 (+6)

Campbell: 1,230 (+6)
Caroline: 676 (+27)
Carroll: 1,002 (+10)
Charles City: 145
Charlotte: 287 (+1)
Charlottesville: 1,872 (+8)
Chesapeake: 6,790 (+51)
Chesterfield: 9,631 (+68)
Clarke: 213 (+3)
Colonial Heights: 438 (+9)
Covington: 175 (+5)
Craig: 92 (+2)
Culpeper: 2,264 (+8)
Cumberland: 162

Danville: 1,677 (+6)
Dickenson: 305 (+11)
Dinwiddie: 687 (+5)

Emporia: 338
Essex: 258 (+1)

Fairfax: 31,915 (+254)
Fairfax City: 213 (+1)
Falls Church: 112 (+3)
Fauquier: 1,559 (+19)
Floyd: 363 (+8)
Fluvanna: 505 (+1)
Franklin City: 551
Franklin County: 1,675 (+20)
Frederick: 2,319 (+33)
Fredericksburg: 717 (+6)

Galax: 575 (+1)
Giles: 317 (+10)
Gloucester: 524 (+3)
Goochland: 463 (+6)
Grayson: 542 (+5)
Greene: 375 (+2)
Greensville: 938 (+1)

Halifax: 838 (+4)
Hanover: 2,534 (+40)
Hampton: 2,867 (+21)
Harrisonburg: 3,498 (+5)
Henrico: 8,615 (+66)
Henry: 1,967 (+24)
Highland: 22 (+5)
Hopewell: 630

Isle of Wight: 1,051 (+1)

James City: 1,234 (+5)

King George: 436 (+3)
King and Queen: 105
King William: 293 (+1)

Lancaster: 244
Lee: 982 (+11)
Lexington: 366 (+1)
Louisa: 547 (+2)
Loudoun: 10,376 (+74)
Lunenburg: 174
Lynchburg: 2,802 (+13)

Madison: 194 (+2)
Manassas City: 2,344 (+13)
Manassas Park: 740 (+6)
Martinsville: 734 (+9)
Mathews: 165 (+2)
Mecklenburg: 1,017 (+1)
Middlesex: 177 (+4)
Montgomery: 3,993 (+43)

Nelson: 192 (+2)
New Kent: 413 (+8)
Newport News: 4,144 (+21)
Norfolk: 6,654 (+37)
Northampton: 351
Northumberland: 294
Norton: 89 (+3)
Nottoway: 524 (+6)

Orange: 620 (+6)

Page: 605 (+4)
Patrick: 482 (+7)
Petersburg: 1,136 (+4)
Pittsylvania: 1,838 (+22)
Poquoson: 156 (+4)
Portsmouth: 3,246 (+12)
Powhatan: 494 (+6)
Prince Edward: 886 (+2)
Prince George: 1,476 (+14)
Prince William: 18,852 (+190)
Pulaski: 745 (+20)

Radford: 1,193 (+17)
Rappahannock: 98 (+2)
Richmond City: 6,840 (+37)
Richmond County: 465 (+17)
Roanoke City: 4,175 (+24)
Roanoke County: 3,036 (+18)
Rockbridge: 293 (+5)
Rockingham: 2,357 (+14)
Russell: 862 (+10)

Salem: 898 (-3)
Scott: 809 (+12)
Shenandoah: 1,462 (+25)
Smyth: 1,082 (+15)
Spotsylvania: 3,248 (+30)
Southampton: 997 (+1)
Stafford: 3,388 (+22)
Staunton: 1,006 (+19)
Suffolk: 2,812 (+9)
Surry: 178 (+1)
Sussex: 671

Tazewell: 1,130 (+8)

Virginia Beach: 11,149 (+79)

Warren: 925 (+30)
Washington: 1,827 (+21)
Waynesboro: 672 (+19)
Westmoreland: 450 (+5)
Winchester: 1,112 (+17)
Williamsburg: 298 (+3)
Wise: 1,283 (+17)
Wythe: 716 (+8)

York: 957 (+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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