Percentage of positive COVID tests up slightly in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) – The Virginia Division of Well being is reporting 1,774,185 circumstances of COVID-19 throughout the commonwealth as of Thursday, Might 26, 2022, courting to the start of the pandemic in March 2020. That’s up 3,565 from the 1,770,620 reported Wednesday, an even bigger enhance than Wednesday’s 3,448 new circumstances.

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For the reason that pandemic started, 13,802,482 PCR (polymerase chain response) exams have been performed in Virginia as of Thursday, with a 17.4% positivity price from exams over the past week, up from the 17.2% reported Wednesday for the earlier seven days.

Per the most recent replace from the state’s vaccine dashboard, 15,917,191 doses of vaccine have been administered in Virginia as of Thursday. 82.2% of the state’s inhabitants have gotten at the least one dose, with 73.6% absolutely vaccinated. 93.1% of Virginians 18 and over have acquired at the least one dose and 83.6% are absolutely vaccinated.

524 folks throughout Virginia had been hospitalized as of Thursday with confirmed or test-pending circumstances of COVID-19, up from 519 Wednesday. 109,775 COVID sufferers have been launched from hospitals in Virginia because the starting of the pandemic. That’s based on 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.

As of Thursday, there have been 20,370 recorded coronavirus-related deaths within the commonwealth because the pandemic’s starting, up from the 20,358 reported Wednesday.

New confirmed circumstances from well being departments all through the state the remainder of the day gained’t present up till at the least 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 circumstances to be mirrored on the subsequent day’s listing.

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