"NoVA Plays Smaller Role In New Surge of VA Coronavirus Cases"

[appalachiablue]

"NoVA Plays Smaller Role In New Surge Of VA Coronavirus Cases," Mark Hand, 6 hrs ago, Patch.

VIRGINIA — As the number of new daily coronavirus cases rises in Virginia, jurisdictions in Northern Virginia are not at the forefront of the surge like they were during the first couple months of the crisis. The Virginia Department of Health reported 888 additional cases of the coronavirus Sunday, with 179, or 20.2 percent, of those new cases reported in Northern Virginia. Two months ago, on May 14, the VDH reported 1,067 new cases of the coronavirus compared to the day before.
Northern Virginia represented 64.9 percent of the new daily cases on May 14. Northern Virginia is reporting a 7-day average of 139 new cases, compared to an average of 685 at the end of May. On Sunday, Fairfax County reported its 500th death due to the coronavirus.

In Hampton Roads, Norfolk saw another big increase in new cases, with 100 new cases on Sunday. On Sunday, Virginia topped 70,000 total cases of the coronavirus, with the number of positive cases now at 70,670 cases. Since the start of the crisis, the state also has reported 6,744 hospitalizations and 1,966 deaths. New daily cases have been steady since the latter half of June, but a slight uptick in the 7-day moving average has been seen in the past few days. New cases saw a sharp decline in the first half of June after the 7-day average reached a peak of 1,195 cases on May 31.

In the second half of June, the average remained in the 500s. Then the average climbed to 608 cases on Wednesday, July 9, 648 on Thursday, July 10 and 668 on Friday, July 11. One explanation for the increase is that Friday marked the first time 900 or more new cases were reported since June. As of Sunday, 801,205 nasal swab tests have been performed statewide, an increase of 17,679 tests from Saturday. The 7-day average of positive tests was 6.8 percent as of July 8, up from 6.7 percent on July 7. The positive rate of tests reached a low of 5.8 percent on June 23 and 24, but have been inching up over the past three weeks.

Current hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients increased from 1,020 to 1,045 between Saturday and Sunday, according to the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. A total of 9,310 coronavirus patients have been discharged from Virginia hospitals, up from 9,271 on Saturday. The hospitalized patients include 101 on ventilators and 228 in the intensive care unit. Among all hospital patients, 611 of 2,977 available ventilators are in use as of Sunday, representing 21 percent use across Virginia. No hospitals are experiencing difficulty obtaining personal protective equipment or other medical supplies.

> Here are the latest case updates for our coverage areas as of Sunday, compared with Saturday's data:...

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[nitpicker]

1. Before the great computer unfun, I noticed the switch

From about 60-65% of new daily reported cases being in greater NOVA (Loudoun/Prince William and everything north and east, the Dullles service area) to 40% in late Jun. I think VA suddenly noticed people elsewhere in the state being hospitalized and then refocused testing priorities to those communities. ((BUT they did do another focused test availability on 22204, tons of old garden apartments likely to contain day laborers and the like.))

Also, most people in the Arlington/Alexandria area are at least attempting to wear masks ((but sometimes incorrectly)) and ((to a lessening extent)) try to keep 6 feet apart in the grocery stores, even if it means waiting until someone has FINALLY moved on. I'm not so sure this has spread south of the Rappahannock.

[soothsayer]

2. Those 22204 tests fill up so fast, I wonder why they don't do it more often

[empedocles]

3. Anecdotally, I'm hearing Mertro is getting more crowded.

[Metro ridership stats for June not out until the 15th]