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Home News COVID-19 cases surpass 100,000 in Virginia

COVID-19 cases surpass 100,000 in Virginia

State meets benchmark as nation passes 5 million cases

Published August 10, 2020 by Kate Andrews

Virginia has now recorded more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19 since it started tracking the coronavirus in February, the Virginia Department of Health recorded Monday. The state has 100,749 confirmed and probable cases, up 7,643 from Aug. 3.

Virginia’s number of deaths went up by 109 last week to 2,327, and the statewide positivity rate is currently 7.4%, a slight rise from last Monday’s 7.1% rate.

The state hit the 100,000-case benchmark just as the United States surpassed 5 million cases, the most in the world, passing Brazil by more than 2 million and India by 2.8 million cases.

Positivity rates are still high in communities in the Eastern region of the state, where Gov. Ralph Northam has placed additional restrictions on restaurants and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people. Some health districts have seen improvement, but others have seen increases in cases. Here are the most current rates, with comparisons to rates from Aug. 3:

  • Western Tidewater: 14% (up 1.9%)
  • Portsmouth: 13.3% (down 4.8%)
  • Chesapeake: 12% (down 1.9%)
  • Norfolk: 10.6% (down 1%)
  • Hampton: 10.4% (up 1.4%)
  • Virginia Beach: 8.5% (down 1.3%)
  • Peninsula: 7.8% (up 1.5%)

Southern and Southwest Virginia communities also are exceeding the 10% positivity rate, which Northam and other officials say is a signal for more public safety restrictions:

  • Pittsylvania-Danville: 15% (up 3.7%)
  • West Piedmont (Martinsville and Franklin, Henry and Patrick counties): 14.7% (down .9%)
  • Southside (Brunswick, Halifax and Mecklenburg counties): 13.9% (up from 5.3% July 30)
  • Lenowisco (Lee, Scott and Wise counties and city of Norton): 13.7% (up from 8.8% July 30)

These are the Virginia localities that have seen 400 or more total cases, as of Aug. 10:

  • Fairfax County: 16,445
  • Prince William County: 9,516
  • Loudoun County: 5,306
  • Virginia Beach: 5,050
  • Chesterfield County: 4,370
  • Henrico County: 3,904
  • Norfolk: 3,703
  • Richmond: 3,190
  • Arlington County: 3,091
  • Alexandria: 2,976
  • Chesapeake: 2,949
  • Newport News: 1,847
  • Portsmouth: 1,788
  • Manassas: 1,662
  • Spotsylvania County: 1,499
  • Stafford County: 1,385
  • Suffolk: 1,297
  • Hampton: 1,245
  • Accomack County: 1,102
  • Harrisonburg: 1,079
  • Roanoke: 1,015
  • Culpeper County: 1,008
  • Rockingham County: 946
  • Albemarle County: 842
  • Frederick County: 681
  • Shenandoah County: 681
  • Hanover County: 653
  • Lynchburg: 627
  • Fauquier County: 620
  • James City County: 617
  • Buckingham County: 605
  • Henry County: 591
  • Charlottesville: 543
  • Petersburg: 520
  • Manassas Park: 515
  • Roanoke County: 496
  • Greensville County: 495
  • Pittsylvania County: 493
  • Mecklenburg County: 446
  • Danville: 411
  • Prince Edward County: 410
  • Fredericksburg: 406

Globally, there are 19.9 million reported COVID-19 cases and 732,284 confirmed deaths as of Aug. 10. The United States, which has the most confirmed cases and deaths worldwide, has seen 5.05 million confirmed cases so far, with 163,100 deaths nationwide attributed to the coronavirus since February.

Below is the latest data from VDH:

 

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