Va. coronavirus cases jump past 15,000

State saw 852 new confirmed cases in last 24 hours.

Published April 30, 2020 by Richard Foster

Virginia has distributed more than 54,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the past two weeks.

Virginia saw an increase of 852 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the commonwealth’s total confirmed cases to 15,180, according to Virginia Department of Health data released Thursday. The latest numbers do not include 666 probable COVID-19 infections.

More than 2,300 Virginians are hospitalized from the virus and there are 552 confirmed deaths in Virginia from COVID-19.

The one-day jump Thursday is the largest 24-hour increase since the pandemic began.

These are the 10 localities with the most cases in the commonwealth:

Fairfax County: 3,611
Prince William County: 1,645
Arlington County: 967
Henrico County: 876
Loudoun County: 746
Alexandria: 754
Chesterfield County: 531
Harrisonburg: 426
Virginia Beach: 385
Richmond: 339

Globally, there are 3.21 million confirmed cases, and 228,625 deaths attributable to COVID-19. With more cases and deaths than any other nation, the United States now has 1.04 million confirmed cases and 60,999 deaths nationwide. Nearly 18,100 of those confirmed deaths have occurred in New York City.

This is a developing story and will be updated soon.

Below is the latest data from VDH: