Coronavirus Cases In Fairfax County, Prince William Lead Virginia

VIRGINIA — The Virginia Department of Health on Sunday reported 19 more coronavirus deaths and 484 new cases, bringing the state's death toll to 277 and the total number of cases to 8,537. Heath officials say they expect the numbers to go up as more tests become available.

COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has infected more than 2,34,000 people and killed more than 161,000 around the world, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.

Virginia reported its first coronavirus case on March 7. As of Sunday morning, 54,733 people in the state have been tested for the disease and 1,422 have been hospitalized.

Fairfax County has the highest number of confirmed cases in the state. The total: 1,809.

Second on the list is Prince William County, with 742 positive tests. Two cities in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park, also are reporting significant numbers of people who have tested positive. The City of Manassas is reporting 93 positive cases and the City of Manassas Park has 25 people have who reported positive for the virus.

Henrico County is next with 584 confirmed cases, followed by Arlington County with 575 cases, and Loudoun County with 425 cases.

Virginia Beach, the largest city in the state, is reporting 273 positive cases and eight deaths from the coronavirus.

Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday extended his shutdown order for certain non-essential businesses, which initially was set to expire April 23, until May 8. A separate stay-at-home order for Virginia residents is in effect through June 10.

Northam announced Friday that the state received a shipment of personall protective equipment through a contract with a company called Northfield. The shipment included 24,000 N95 masks, gloves and gowns.

Based on data modeling and information from hospitals, the current social distancing measures and other actions are working to prevent major spikes in cases of the coronavirus, Northam said Wednesday at his coronavirus press briefing. Because the state's actions appear to be "flattening the curve" of coronavirus cases, the governor said now is not the time to lift any of the restrictions implemented over the past month.

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According to the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association's data tracker, which provides more detailed information on hospitalized patients than the Virginia Department of Health, 1,319 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus or are awaiting their coronavirus test results are hospitalized as of Sunday.

Also, 1,267 people who were hospitalized with the coronavirus have been discharged as of Sunday, according to association data.

Of the people hospitalized in Virginia with the coronavirus, 231 are on a ventilator. There are 598 ventilators in use at hospitals across Virginia for the coronavirus and other reasons as of Sunday, down from 700 on Thursday. That number represents about 21 percent of the total number of ventilators available in the state, according to the association.

As of Sunday, state health officials are reporting 134 outbreaks of the coronavirus across the state, with 74 of those outbreaks happening at long-term care facilities. Seventy-seven people at long-term care facilities have died from the coronavirus, according to figures released Sunday by the Virginia Health Department.

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