Fredericksburg City Publishes Coronavirus Update For April 19

Press release from the City of Fredericksburg:

April 19, 2020

Your daily update on COVID-19: United States: 740,557 positive cases. There are 38,979 deaths and 66,6448 have recovered.

Virginia: 54,733 people have been tested so far, with 8,537 positive cases. 1,422 cases require hospitalization and there have been 277 deaths in Virginia.

Rappahannock Health District PD-16: Here in our immediate region, we have a total of 274 cases as of 5 p.m. yesterday evening.

* 152- Stafford

* 74 - Spotsylvania

* 18- King George

* 17 - Fredericksburg (two new cases since yesterday’s report)

* 13 -Caroline

The City continues to provide full services to the public with a reduced footprint since City facilities are still closed to the public. We stand ready to assist you as much as we can through electronic means. Go to www.fredericksburgva.gov

At last week’s virtual town hall meeting held by Mary Washington Hospital, it was reported the hospital is:

* Making the recommendations to wear face mask (covering)

* Going to start taking temperatures on staff and visitors when they arrive

* Ordered equipment to do serology testing (anti-bodies)

* Are employing the latest drugs and methods with the patients (turning patients prone [on stomach)

* MWHC does have enough PPE at this time

* Hospital is busy in some spots and not in other, especially ED

* Looking to test patients needing elective surgeries, not sure when it will begin.

* No in-person visitations, but doing visitations with family via I-pad, daily updates to family from nursing staff.

* All positive patients are in the same unit at MWHC.

Continue social distancing and practice good hygiene, washing your hands thoroughly and covering your mouth when you cough, preferably into a tissue that you dispose of promptly or cough into the elbow of your sleeve.

This press release was produced by the City of Fredericksburg. The views expressed here are the author’s own.