Martinsville-region COVID-19/coronavirus daily update from state, nation and world: Oct. 5 – Martinsville Bulletin

The Virginia Department of Health reported only 3 deaths statewide from COVID-19 this morning, and one of those was in Martinsville (and one in Danville, too). That's now 21 residents of the city -- one of the least in the state to have a case of the virus -- who have died. VDH tracks deaths by the locality of residence and releases very little other information. There have been 77 deaths in the West Piedmont Health District. The surge in cases in Franklin County again dominated the data from the district, accounting for 15 of 18 new cases. Henry County had the other 3. There were no new hospitalizations. Did you check out the profile of Sharon Ortiz-Garcia, the "detective" who hunts down cases of the novel coronavirus in the West Piedmont Health District? She is the one her verifies and follows the 52 new cases and another death that emerged on Saturday. All attention Sunday of course was on the conflicting information from President Trump's doctors about his condition and his treatment. And there were questions about how the White House was handling contact tracing after the big Rose Garden vent on Saturday. The president also stunningly got into an SUV and drove around to wave at supporters who gathered outside Walter Reed Army Hospital. Some questioned the judgment about that. A poll by The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research showed that there's a wide bipartisan divide over who is responsible for the virus: 56% of Americans say the U.S. government has substantial responsibility, compared to 47% who place that much blame on the governments of other countries and only 39% who say the same about the World Health Organization. New York City is tightening restrictions on certain parts of the city where virus hotspots have emerged. Worldwide cases have exceeded 35 million and in the U.S. probably by Tuesday will surpass 7.5 million.The Virginia Department of Health reportsthis morning there have been 152,557 cases and 3,276 deaths statewide -- up by 3 from Sunday. Some 11,259 people have been hospitalized. Henry County has had 1,107 cases, with 121 hospitalizations and 26 deaths. Martinsville has had 402 cases, with 62 hospitalizations and 21 deaths. Patrick County has had 283 cases including 52 hospitalizations and 26 deaths. Franklin County has had 429 cases, 19 hospitalizations and 4 deaths. Danville has reported 958 cases, and Pittsylvania County has had 1,080.Johns Hopkins University's real-time mapshowed 35,231,182 cases worldwide and 1,037,914 deaths. In the U.S. there have been 7,418,836 cases and 209,734 deaths in the U.S. because of COVID-19.

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