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Governor says rollback may be in order due to spike in beach area
Kate Andrews //July 27, 2020//
Governor says rollback may be in order due to spike in beach area
Kate Andrews // July 27, 2020//
Virginia saw a gain of 7,697 COVID-19 cases last week, another gradual increase in the weekly number of new cases. According to the Virginia Department of Health’s statistics Monday, July 23, the state has 86,072 total cases, at a 7.5% positivity rate.
The number of virus-related deaths is at 2,082, up 51 from last week — a slowdown continuing from the previous week, when there were 68 deaths. As in previous weeks, the Hampton Roads area continues to see more new cases than the rest of the state.
Here are the percentages of positive tests in the Eastern region of the state:
In every health district except Portsmouth, which was at 15.9% on July 20, the percentage has gone down since last week. However, Gov. Ralph Northam said that he may roll back reopening guidelines while some localities exceed a 10% positivity rate. He plans to update Virginians on COVID-19 news Tuesday at 2 p.m. on a livestreamed news conference.
Northam previously ordered that health inspectors and Virginia ABC agents conduct unannounced visits to businesses that may be in violation of the state’s mask mandate or social distancing measures. So far, several businesses in Norfolk and Virginia Beach have been shut down. Also, the state has set up a reporting form for anyone to report a violation.
These are the Virginia localities that have seen 400 or more total cases, as of July 27:
Globally, there are 16.2 million reported COVID-19 cases and 648,966 confirmed deaths as of July 27. The United States, which has the most confirmed cases and deaths worldwide, has seen 4.23 million confirmed cases so far, with 146,968 deaths nationwide attributed to the coronavirus since February.
Below is the latest data from VDH:
