Virginia Coronavirus Data Shows Breakdown By County; 9.6K Cases

VIRGINIA — The Virginia Department of Health has made data available on cases of the new coronavirus by county and independent city, as well as the share of laboratory-confirmed and "probable" cases. As of Tuesday, Virginia reported 9,630 cases of the new coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 illness. The state confirmed 1,581 hospitalizations and 324 deaths. That's an increase of 640 cases and 24 deaths since Monday.

Of the state's 9,630 cases, 9,451 are confirmed through laboratory testing and 179 are considered probable. These probable cases involve patients who have a known exposure to the virus and are experiencing symptoms. The state's deaths include 321 people who tested positive and three who are probable. Hospitalizations include 1,578 who tested positive and three who are probable.

Here's a breakdown for all jurisdictions in our Northern Virginia coverage area:

• Alexandria: 462 cases, 60 hospitalizations, nine deaths
• Arlington County: 625 cases, 114 hospitalizations, 23 deaths
• Fairfax County: 2,077 cases, 379 hospitalizations, 64 deaths
• Fairfax City: 22 cases, two hospitalizations, one death
• Falls Church: 24 cases, two hospitalizations, one death
• Loudoun County: 468 cases, 59 hospitalizations, eight deaths
• Manassas: 110 cases, 14 hospitalizations, no deaths
• Manassas Park: 31 cases, five hospitalizations, one death
• Prince William County: 867 cases, 94 hospitalizations, 16 deaths
• Fredericksburg: 17 cases, three hospitalizations, no deaths
• Spotsylvania County: 79 cases, 18 hospitalizations, two deaths
• Stafford County: 164 cases, 37 hospitalizations, two deaths

The most cases on a county level are reported in Fairfax County, the state's most populous locality. Fairfax County has 2,077 cases, followed by 867 in Prince William County, 625 in Arlington County, 621 in Henrico County, 468 in Loudoun County and 462 in Alexandria.

Fairfax County also reports the most hospitalizations in the state — 379. The next highest numbers are 114 in Arlington County, 94 in Prince William County, 90 in Henrico County, 60 in Virginia Beach, 60 in Alexandria, 59 in Loudoun County and 51 in James City County.

The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association has more detailed information on hospitalizations in the state. Virginia currently has 1,331 hospitalized people who either tested positive for COVID-19 or are awaiting results. That's a slight increase from the 1,296 hospitalizations reported Monday. The association says 1,418 positive COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals, up from 1,324 Monday.

Among the people with positive or pending test results, 403 are in intensive care units (ICU) and 351 are on ventilators. Patients are using 629 of the 2,887 ventilators available in Virginia hospitals, representing 22 percent use.

Henrico County's 77 reported deaths lead the state, followed by 64 in Fairfax County, 23 in Arlington County, 16 in Prince William County, 12 in James City County and 10 in Richmond.

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As of Tuesday, 58,354 people have been tested for the virus in Virginia, an increase of 1,619 since Monday's report. On Monday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a work group that will look at ways to expand testing for the coronavirus across the state. The work group's focus will be securing testing supplies, increasing testing volume, reducing testing backlogs, adding testing sites and expanding testing criteria.

Northam said at a Monday news conference plans to east restrictions on businesses and gatherings will be dependent on the ability to offer widespread testing. The governor said the Virginia state laboratory can now perform 300 tests a day, and, with equipment sent from Altria this week, will be able to run 400 tests a day by next week.

The first phase under President Trump's three-phase reopening guidance requires positive tests on a downward trend for 14 days. Northam said Virginia cannot yet meet that criteria as cases continue to rise.

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