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drivers license illustration courtesy Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Mar 27, 2020

Real ID deadline extended by one year

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has extended the deadline for Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses by a year, meaning Virginians now have until Oct. 1, 2021, to obtain the new enhanced driver’s licenses and identification credential that will be required for domestic air travel. “We applaud the [...]

Va. coronavirus cases hit 600+ mark
Mar 27, 2020

Va. coronavirus cases hit 600+ mark

As Virginia saw its largest 24-hour increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam called on President Donald Trump and the federal government to implement a “national solution” for supplying front-line medical workers and first responders with much-needed protective gear and medical equipme[...]

Mar 26, 2020

Va. jobless claims reach record high amid COVID-19 crisis

A record-breaking 46,885 Virginians filed for unemployment benefits last week amid the economic nosedive that has accompanied the COVID-19 crisis, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics released Thursday. The previous record for initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 25,133 in December 1989, according to a report released Thursday from the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis […][...]

Mar 26, 2020

First COVID-19 death reported in Loudoun; Va. toll now at 14

The Loudoun County Health Department reported its first COVID-19 death Thursday afternoon, bringing the total fatalities in Virginia to 14. The patient was a woman in her 70s who died from respiratory failure caused by the virus. She was hospitalized, according to a press release from the county. “We are saddened by the first confirmed […]

Virginia has distributed more than 54,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the past two weeks.
Mar 26, 2020

Va. COVID-19 cases are higher among men and those 50+

More than half of Virginia’s 460 confirmed COVID-19 cases are among men and people older than age 50, according to demographic information released Thursday by the Virginia Department of Health about the Virginians who are known to have contracted the novel coronavirus so far. Men have contracted the virus at a slightly h[...]

Brenett Dickerson with the Virginia Department of Health picks up PPE donations from the Virginia Dental Association (VDA). Photo courtesy VDA
Mar 26, 2020

State looks to private industry for protective medical gear

UPDATED MARCH 27, 4 P.M. This week, Virginia received its first shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line health care workers from the federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile, but that supply is falling far short of the demand that will be needed for the COVID-19 pandemic, so Gov. Ralph North[...]

Gov. Ralph Northam, speaking during his March 25 coronavirus news briefing
Mar 25, 2020

Coronavirus cases in Va. shoot up to 391; 13 now dead

UPDATE, 5 p.m. Wednesday: A third resident of Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center has died, according to a news release from the long-term care facility in Henrico County. Fourteen residents and four staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 11 days, according to a statement by Dr. James Wright,[...]

Mar 24, 2020

Two long-term care facility residents in Henrico die from virus; Va. toll at 9

Two elderly residents of the Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in western Henrico County have died from COVID-19, the Virginia Health Department announced Tuesday afternoon, bringing the statewide total to nine fatalities. Last week, the health department reported four positive cases at the long-term care facility; the two patients were among other residents receiving treatment […][...]

Mar 24, 2020

Virginia ABC stores cut operating hours

Due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) is reducing operating hours at all of its statewide retail locations starting Friday, March 27. ABC’s 388 stores across the commonwealth will be open from noon to 7 p.m., seven days a week. ABC stores in the Peninsula Health District, which includes […]

Gov. Ralph Northam speaking at a March 24 news conference about the COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 24, 2020

Va. government procuring medical equipment, Northam says

Update, 5:30 p.m., Tuesday: Two elderly Henrico County residents have died from COVID-19, the Virginia Department of Health reports. They were two of four cases reported last week at the Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, and the statewide fatality number now stands at nine. Earlier: During his daily coronavirus p[...]

Mar 23, 2020

Death toll reaches 7; Virginia Beach reports first fatality

A man in his 70s has died from COVID-19, the first coronavirus death reported in Virginia Beach and the seventh statewide, according to a statement Monday from the Virginia Beach Health District. The man had underlying health conditions, according to a Monday afternoon news release, and the cause of death was acute respiratory failure. The […]

Gov. Ralph Northam announces new restrictions in response to the coronavirus during his March 23 news conference.
Mar 23, 2020

Northam issues more restrictions; schools closed for rest of semester

Updated, 4:15 p.m. Monday: A seventh death has been reported by the Virginia Beach Health District, the first fatality related to COVID-19 in the district. The patient was a man in his 70s who had underlying health conditions, according to the Monday afternoon news release. More information here. Earlier: With novel coronavirus[...]

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