Va. has 602 new COVID-19 cases, 3 of them here – Fauquier Now

Virginia on Friday reported 602 more cases of COVID-19 and 23 more deaths in the last 24 hours.

Fauquier has 35 confirmed cases as of Friday morning up three since Thursday, according to the Virginia Department of Health.

Virginia has 7,491 cases and 231 deaths attributed to the pandemic as of Friday. (The case total includes those tested positive and those with symptoms and known exposure to COVID-19.)

Those numbers stood at 6,889 and 208 a day earlier.

So far, 48,997 people had been tested in Virginia with 1,221 hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19.

Among the states 8.53 million residents, 0.57 percent have been tested.

In the five-county Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District, which includes Fauquier, 1,174 people had undergone tests for the virus. That accounts for 0.6 percent of the districts population of about 180,000.

The statistics reflect information that healthcare providers and laboratories reported to the health department by 5 p.m. Thursday. VDH updates its statistics each morning.

Curbside testing started last week in Warrenton.

The five-county region has two confirmed deaths:

An 80-year-old Warrenton man who died early Tuesday evening, April 7, at Fauquier Hospital.

A woman in her 80s with chronic medical conditions, who died Tuesday, March 31.

The five-county region has 95 known cases including 32 in Culpeper, 19 in Orange, 8 in Madison and 1 in Rappahannock as of Friday morning.

The Madison total includes a patient in a long-term care facility there, the regional health district office reported late Friday afternoon, April 10.

The heath department reports 665 cases and 37 deaths among 66 Virginia long-term care facilities that have experienced outbreaks.

The caseload in Virginia will peak April 27, according to the latest projection from the University of Washington.

But, a study from the University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute indicates the states cases will peak in mid-July to late August, with about 15,000 confirmed infections.

Virginias most-populous jurisdiction, Fairfax County has 1,476 confirmed cases, up 101 since Thursday, followed by:

Prince William County, 644.

Henrico County, 532.

Arlington County, 485.

Loudoun County, 385.

Virginia Beach, 265.

City of Alexandria, 321.

Chesterfield County, 291.

City of Harrisonburg, 214.

City of Richmond, 201.

James City County (including Williamsburg), 157.

City of Chesapeake, 147.

Stafford County, 128.

Virginia had its first confirmed case Feb. 16.

Nationwide, the number of confirmed cases stood at 662,045 with 28,998 deaths and 54,703 patients who had recovered as of Friday morning.

The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association reported:

1,308 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 or test results pending as of Friday morning.

224 of those patients on ventilators.

1,110 confirmed COVID19 patients who have been released from hospitals.

The states hospitals have 2,862 ventilators on hand, with 22 percent of them in use, including those for patients not receiving treatment or COVID-19.

The statewide bed availability stood at 5,587.

Six hospitals report difficulty in obtaining or replenishing PPE (personal protection equipment) in the next 72 hours.

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Va. has 602 new COVID-19 cases, 3 of them here - Fauquier Now