COVID-related deaths top 20K in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) – The Virginia Division of Well being is reporting 1,683,267 instances of COVID-19 throughout the commonwealth as of Friday, April 15, 2022, courting to the start of the pandemic in March 2020. That’s up 1,538 from the 1,681,729 reported Thursday, a much bigger enhance than Thursday’s 1,196 new instances.

As of Friday, there have been 20,022 recorded coronavirus-related deaths within the commonwealth because the pandemic’s starting, up from the 19,988 reported Thursday.

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Because the pandemic started, 13,307,361 PCR (polymerase chain response) checks have been carried out in Virginia as of Friday, with a 5.4% positivity price from checks during the last week, up from the 5.1% reported Thursday for the earlier seven days.

Per the most recent replace from the state’s vaccine dashboard, 15,710,923 doses of vaccine have been administered in Virginia as of Friday. 81.6% of the state’s inhabitants have gotten no less than one dose, with 73% totally vaccinated. 92.5% of Virginians 18 and over have acquired no less than one dose and 82.9% are totally vaccinated.

150 folks throughout Virginia have been hospitalized as of Friday with confirmed or test-pending instances of COVID-19, up from 147 Thursday. 107,652 COVID sufferers have been launched from hospitals in Virginia because the starting of the pandemic. That’s in line with the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Affiliation, which will get a every day report from hospitals across the commonwealth.

The hospital numbers are completely 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 instances from well being departments all through the state the remainder of the day received’t present up till no less than the next day on the state listing, because the official numbers are solely up to date as soon as a day, with a 5 p.m. cutoff every day for brand spanking new instances to be mirrored on the following day’s listing.

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