RICHMOND, Va. – Health officials are investigating 1,770 outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, according to Virginia Department of Health (VDH) data released Friday. That means 39 new outbreaks were recorded since Thursday's reporting.
Data show 655 (+19 from yesterday's report) outbreaks at long-term care facilities with a total of 18,610 COVID-19 cases and 2,232 deaths. That is up 771 cases and 39 additional death from the previous day's report.
Seven new outbreaks were recorded in a congregate setting as well as one new outbreak in a healthcare setting.
Additionally, five new outbreaks were recorded in an educational setting: 87 (+2) outbreaks in child care centers, 53 (+0) in colleges/universities and 84 (+3) in K-12 schools.
Scroll down for complete city/county-by-county breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Virginia
The health department reported 3,295 more people tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 32,116 total tests processed since yesterday. That brings Virginia's total number of coronavirus cases to 299,388. Of those cases, 40,269 (+937 from previous day) are associated with outbreaks.
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The number of localities with COVID-19 cases that have topped 200 cases since March continue to climb in the Commonwealth:
38,477 (+386) in Fairfax County
22,173 (+204) in Prince William County
13,840 (+188) in Virginia Beach
12,386 (+89) in Loudoun County
11,409 (+189) in Chesterfield County
10,488 (+143) in Henrico County
8,168 (+137) in Chesapeake
7,961 (+56) in Richmond
7,710 (+49) in Arlington
7,684 (+49) in Norfolk
6,456 (+35) in Alexandria
4,996 (+85) in Newport News
4,797 (+41) in Roanoke City
4,650 (+32) in Montgomery
4,307 (+50) in Stafford
4,028 (+28) in Harrisonburg
4,020 (+68) in Roanoke County
3,974 (+58) in Spotsylvania
3,760 (+38) in Portsmouth
3,678 (+42) in Hampton
3,565 (+17) in Lynchburg
3,379 (+25) in Suffolk
3,189 (+44) in Rockingham
3,169 (+34) in Frederick
3,128 (+43) in Hanover
2,655 (+10) in Culpeper
2,643 (+18) in Manassas City
2,565 (+15) in Bedford
2,536 (+39) in Augusta
2,496 (+33) in Washington
2,408 (+14) in Albemarle
2,319 (+57) in Pittsylvania
2,283 (+24) in Henry
2,075 (+34) in Danville
2,050 (+2) in Charlottesville
2,036 (+11) in Franklin County
1,994 (+29) in Fauquier
1,843 (+17) in Shenandoah
1,772 (+35) in Tazewell
1,647 (+25) in Wise
1,645 (+9) in Prince George
1,649 (+12) in Campbell
1,553 (+8) in Accomack
1,502 (+44) in James City County
1,497 (+18) in Smyth
1,443 (+33) in Winchester
1,368 (+4) in Radford
1,292 (+11) in Carroll
1,279 (+18) in Isle of Wight
1,265 (+23) in Russell
1,255 (+6) in Petersburg
1,213 (+16) in Lee
1,205 (+17) in Buckingham
1,255 (+37) in Staunton
1,255 (+37) in Staunton
1,213 (+32) in York
1,183 (+4) in Amherst
1,144 (+5) in Mecklenburg
1,138 (+12) in Warren
1,170 (+18) in Pulaski
1,073 (+2) in Southampton
1,063 (+19) in Scott
1,061 (+9) in Wythe
1,052 (+12) in Botetourt
1,043 (-4) in Salem
981 (+12) in Halifax
970 (+2) in Greensville
966 (+15) in Prince Edward
959 (+14) in Waynesboro
883 (+18) in Fredericksburg
876 (+5) in Martinsville
857 (+15) in Caroline
854 (+27) in Nottoway
847 (+7) in Manassas Park
831 (+17) in Page
784 (+9) in Dinwiddie
774 (+16) in Orange
749 (+8) in Hopewell
724 (+8) in Bristol
714 (+5) in Louisa
709 (+3) in Galax
702 (+13) in Gloucester
681 (+13) in Grayson
667 (-5) in Sussex
661 (+6) in Fluvanna
661 (+5) in Powhatan
651 (+18) in Patrick
618 (+2) in Franklin City
616 (+8) in Buchanan
599 (+6) in Westmoreland
598 (+25) in Richmond County
566 (+8) in Appomattox
562 (+6) in Alleghany
562 (+3) in King George
542 (+4) in Brunswick
539 (+3) in Colonial Heights
530 (+6) in Dickenson
524 (+2) in Goochland
501 (+2) in New Kent
467 (+7) in Lexington
459 (+7) in Giles
449 in Greene
438 (+5) in Floyd
434 (+4) in Rockbridge
426 (+2) in Buena Vista City
401 (+6) in Bland
384 (+1) in Northampton
383 (+16) in King William
377 (+1) in Emporia
344 (+7) in Northumberland
343 (+3) in Williamsburg
327 (+5) in Amelia
318 (+3) in Charlotte
309 (+4) in Covington
307 (+2) in Clarke
As of Friday's update, 16,684 (+181 from previous day) people had been hospitalized and 4,598 (+45) people had died as a result of COVID-19-related illnesses, according to VDH data.
More women have been infected by the virus at 153,890 cases versus the 142,375 cases reported in men. No gender was reported for 3,123 cases in the Commonwealth.
The coronavirus first most impacted people aged 50 to 69, which currently accounts for more than 24 percent of cases in Virginia.
However, people aged 30 to 49 now account for nearly 32 percent of cases, data show.
Additionally, people in their 20s account for more than 20 percent of cases in the state.
City/County-by-County Breakdown of Cases
Accomack: 1,553 (+8)
Albemarle: 2,408 (+14)
Alleghany: 562 (+6)
Alexandria: 6,456 (+35)
Amelia: 327 (+5)
Amherst: 1,183 (+4)
Appomattox: 566 (+8)
Arlington: 7,710 (+49)
Augusta: 2,536 (+39)
Bath: 107 (+2)
Bedford: 2,565 (+15)
Bland: 401 (+6)
Bristol: 724 (+8)
Botetourt: 1,052 (+12)
Brunswick: 542 (+4)
Buchanan: 616 (+8)
Buckingham: 1,205 (+17)
Buena Vista City: 426 (+2)
Campbell: 1,649 (+12)
Caroline: 857 (+15)
Carroll: 1,292 (+11)
Charles City: 163 (+1)
Charlotte: 318 (+3)
Charlottesville: 2,050 (+2)
Chesapeake: 8,168 (+137)
Chesterfield: 11,409 (+189)
Clarke: 307 (+2)
Colonial Heights: 539 (+3)
Covington: 309 (+4)
Craig: 123 (+2)
Culpeper: 2,655 (+10)
Cumberland: 183 (+2)
Danville: 2,075 (+34)
Dickenson: 530 (+6)
Dinwiddie: 784 (+9)
Emporia: 377 (+1)
Essex: 295
Fairfax: 38,477 (+386)
Fairfax City: 261 (+8)
Falls Church: 147 (+1)
Fauquier: 1,994 (+29)
Floyd: 438 (+5)
Fluvanna: 661 (+6)
Franklin City: 618 (+2)
Franklin County: 2,036 (+11)
Frederick: 3,169 (+34)
Fredericksburg: 883 (+18)
Galax: 709 (+3)
Giles: 459 (+7)
Gloucester: 702 (+13)
Goochland: 524 (+2)
Grayson: 681 (+13)
Greene: 449
Greensville: 970 (+2)
Halifax: 981 (+12)
Hanover: 3,128 (+43)
Hampton: 3,678 (+42)
Harrisonburg: 4,028 (+28)
Henrico: 10,488 (+143)
Henry: 2,283 (+24)
Highland: 38 (+6)
Hopewell: 749 (+8)
Isle of Wight: 1,279 (+18)
James City: 1,502 (+44)
King George: 562 (+3)
King and Queen: 139 (+2)
King William: 383 (+16)
Lancaster: 279
Lee: 1,213 (+16)
Lexington: 467 (+7)
Louisa: 714 (+5)
Loudoun: 12,386 (+89)
Lunenburg: 222 (+4)
Lynchburg: 3,565 (+17)
Madison: 251 (+2)
Manassas City: 2,643 (+18)
Manassas Park: 847 (+7)
Martinsville: 876 (+5)
Mathews: 257 (+37)
Mecklenburg: 1,144 (+5)
Middlesex: 225 (+5)
Montgomery: 4,650 (+32)
Nelson: 270 (+2)
New Kent: 501 (+2)
Newport News: 4,996 (+85)
Norfolk: 7,684 (+49)
Northampton: 384 (+1)
Northumberland: 344 (+7)
Norton: 119 (+7)
Nottoway: 854 (+27)
Orange: 774 (+16)
Page: 831 (+17)
Patrick: 651 (+18)
Petersburg: 1,255 (+6)
Pittsylvania: 2,319 (+57)
Poquoson: 261 (+6)
Portsmouth: 3,760 (+38)
Powhatan: 661 (+5)
Prince Edward: 966 (+15)
Prince George: 1,645 (+9)
Prince William: 22,173 (+204)
Pulaski: 1,170 (+18)
Radford: 1,368 (+4)
Rappahannock: 131 (-1)
Richmond City: 7,961 (+56)
Richmond County: 598 (+25)
Roanoke City: 4,797 (+41)
Roanoke County: 4,020 (+68)
Rockbridge: 434 (+4)
Rockingham: 3,189 (+44)
Russell: 1,265 (+23)
Salem: 1,043 (-4)
Scott: 1,063 (+19)
Shenandoah: 1,843 (+17)
Smyth: 1,497 (+18)
Spotsylvania: 3,974 (+58)
Southampton: 1,073 (+2)
Stafford: 4,307 (+50)
Staunton: 1,255 (+37)
Suffolk: 3,379 (+25)
Surry: 218 (+1)
Sussex: 667 (-5)
Tazewell: 1,772 (+35)
Virginia Beach: 13,840 (+188)
Warren: 1,138 (+12)
Washington: 2,496 (+33)
Waynesboro: 959 (+14)
Westmoreland: 599 (+6)
Winchester: 1,443 (+33)
Williamsburg: 343 (+3)
Wise: 1,647 (+25)
Wythe: 1,061 (+9)
York: 1,213 (+32)
*NOTE: This data is provided from the Virginia Department of Health daily at 9 a.m. Officials said their cutoff for data is 5 p.m. the previous day. So your local health department may have issued an alert about a case before it is added to the statewide tally released the following day.
COVID-19 Precautions
Most patients with COVID-19 have mild to moderate symptoms. However, in a small proportion of patients, COVID-19 can lead to more severe illness, including death, particularly among those who are older or those who have chronic medical conditions.
COVID-19 spreads primarily through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
Symptoms include fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. Symptoms appear within 14 days of being exposed to an infectious person.
Virginia health officials urged the following precautions:
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer only if soap and water are not available.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
- Stay home when you are sick.
- Avoid contact with sick people.
- Avoid non-essential travel.
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