Martinsville-region COVID-19/coronavirus daily update from state, nation and world: Jan. 21 – Martinsville Bulletin

A resident of Henry County is the latest victim of COVID-19 in the West Piedmont Health District. The death was revealed Thursday morning by the Virginia Department of Health, but it could've occurred weeks ago because VDH waits to review death certificates before adding a death to its database. Not much is know about deaths or cases, but VDH tracks them by a person's residence. This is the 65th victim from Henry County and the 151st in the health district. There were 94 new cases and 3 hospitalizations reported this morning in the district. Henry County had 39 of those cases and 2 of the hospitalizations. Franklin County had 34 cases and the other hospitalization. Martinsville had 10 cases, and Patrick County had 11. There have been 8,772 cases and 526 hospitalizations districtwide since the pandemic began....The West Piedmont Health District announced Wednesday that it is moving to Phase 1b of the states COVID-19 vaccination protocol, meaning a wider distribution of vaccine to citizens but dont expect your vaccination immediately. There's a paucity of vaccine....There has been another death and an increase in hospitalized cases caused by COVID-19 in the West Piedmont Health District....Wednesday was the second deadliest day in the U.S., with more than 4,200 having died from COVID-19....The number of people seekingunemployment aid soared last week to 965,000, the most since late August, offering evidence that the resurgent virus has caused a spike in layoffs....President-elect JoeBidens coronavirus action planaims to bring new urgency to the nations vaccination campaign coupled with another round of economic relief. The Biden plan being unveiled Thursday comes as a divided nation remains caught in the grip of the pandemics deadliest wave yet....The rapid expansion ofCOVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizenshas led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots. The minimum age varies from place to place 65, 70 or higher....The U.S. is averaging about 246,000 new cases and more than 3,300 deaths each day....The Federal Emergency Management Agency will set up vaccination centers, aiming to have 100 up and running in a month. Biden ordered the CDC to make vaccines available through local pharmacies starting next month....Biden revoked a Trump administration order that would have pulled the U.S. out of the WHO, and his top medical adviser on the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, was dispatchedto show new U.S. support....The Virginia Department of Health reportsthis morning there have been 459,604 cases and 5,940 deaths statewide -- up by 79 since Wednesday. Some 20,405 people have been hospitalized. Henry County has had 3,458 cases, with 245 hospitalizations and 65 deaths. Martinsville has had 1,273 cases, with 109 hospitalizations and 29 deaths. Patrick County has had 962 cases including 75 hospitalizations and 28 deaths. Franklin County has had 3,079 cases, 97 hospitalizations and 29 deaths. Danville has reported 3,209 cases (63 deaths), and Pittsylvania County has had 3,735 (42 deaths).Johns Hopkins University's real-time mapshowed 96,971,229 cases worldwide and 2,077,628 deaths. In the U.S. there have been 24,440,100 cases and 406,196 deaths because of COVID-19.

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