COVID deaths in Virginia hit 20,400

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) – The Virginia Division of Well being is reporting 1,790,726 circumstances of COVID-19 throughout the commonwealth as of Wednesday, June 1, 2022, courting to the start of the pandemic in March 2020. That’s up 2,970 from the 1,787,756 reported Tuesday, a bigger improve than Tuesday’s 1,988 new circumstances.

As of Tuesday, there have been 20,400 recorded coronavirus-related deaths within the commonwealth because the pandemic’s starting, up from the 20,389 reported Tuesday.

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For the reason that pandemic started, 13,873,994 PCR (polymerase chain response) assessments have been performed in Virginia as of Wednesday, with an 18.1% positivity fee from assessments during the last week, a rise from the 17.8% reported Tuesday for the earlier seven days.

Per the most recent replace from the state’s vaccine dashboard, 15,942,624 doses of vaccine have been administered in Virginia as of Wednesday. 82.3% of the state’s inhabitants have gotten a minimum of one dose, with 73.7% absolutely vaccinated. 93.1% of Virginians 18 and over have acquired a minimum of one dose and 83.6% are absolutely vaccinated.

588 individuals throughout Virginia have been hospitalized as of Wednesday with confirmed or test-pending circumstances of COVID-19, up from 573 Tuesday. 110,239 COVID sufferers have been launched from hospitals in Virginia because the starting of the pandemic. That’s in accordance with the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Affiliation, which will get a every day report from hospitals across the commonwealth.

The hospital numbers are totally different from these reported by VDH, which solely gathers hospitalization standing on the time every case is investigated by VDH and is an under-representation of Virginia hospitalizations.

New confirmed circumstances from well being departments all through the state the remainder of the day gained’t present up till a minimum of the next day on the state record, because the official numbers are solely up to date as soon as a day, with a 5 p.m. cutoff every day for brand new circumstances to be mirrored on the following day’s record.

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