Track Covid-19 in Virginia – The New York Times

Updated April 3, 2023

Avg. on April 3 162

14-day change 12%

20 admissions per 100,000

Under 60

All ages

60-69

70+

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The number of daily hospital admissions shows how many patients tested positive for Covid in hospitals and is more reliably reported than case counts at this stage of the pandemic. Age data can show how much of the vulnerable senior population is being affected by the virus.

Cases are typically updated weekly and are less consistently reported than earlier in the pandemic because of a lack of widespread testing. The test positivity rate is also less consistent, but both metrics can help to show how infections are trending. Deaths are a lagging but important ongoing indicator of the viruss toll.

March 23 to 29 2,851

14-day change 1%

March 2022March 2023

2,851

Avg. on March 31 5.8%

14-day change 17%

March 23 to 29 14

14-day change +40%

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more

A bivalent booster is recommended for adults and most children if it has been at least two months since their last dose.

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This table is sorted by places with the most cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. County-level hospitalization data is for all hospital service areas that intersect with a county. Charts show a 14-day change and each is on its own scale.

CasesHospital admissionsDeaths

Hospitalized

In I.C.U.s

302

Uptake of the bivalent booster is low across most of the country, despite being the governments recommended level of protection against the virus. Bivalent booster coverage is highest among seniors, one of the most vulnerable groups. County data does not include breakdowns for some age groups below. Statewide, 22% of vaccinations did not specify the persons home county.

Data on this page is reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Population and demographic data is from the U.S. Census Bureau. Hospitalization data is reported by individual hospitals to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and it includes confirmed and suspected adult and pediatric patients.

Governments sometimes revise data or report a single-day large increase in cases or deaths without specifying when those cases and deaths occurred, which can cause an irregular pattern in the daily reported figures. The C.D.C. may make historical updates as more data is reported. The 14-day change measures the difference between C.D.C. reporting periods that are two weeks apart, which are sometimes 13 or 15 days apart because of holidays and other disruptions to normal reporting.

Weekly county case and death data prior to Jan. 2021 was not reported by the C.D.C. and is sourced from reporting by The New York Times.

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