Virginia sees fewer new COVID-19 deaths and cases last week

The state has reported 107,421 COVID-19 cases as of Aug. 17, an increase of 6,672 since last Monday, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The state recorded 58 deaths last week, bringing the total number of coronavirus fatalities to 2,385.

These are improvements from the previous week, which saw 7,643 new cases and 109 deaths.

Statewide, the seven-day positivity rate is at 7.0%, an improvement from Aug. 10, which saw a 7.4% rate.

Some communities in the Eastern, Southern and Southwest regions of the state still have higher percentages than the state average. Earlier this month, Gov. Ralph Northam placed restrictions on Hampton Roads localities, limiting alcohol sales to 10 p.m. and not allowing gatherings of more than 50 people.

Here are the health districts statewide with higher than 10% positivity rates:

• Chesapeake: 11.3% (down from 12% Aug. 10)
• Lenowisco (Lee, Scott and Wise counties and city of Norton): 15.4% (up from 13.7%)
• Pittsylvania-Danville: 12.9% (down from 15%)
• Portsmouth: 12.0% (down from 13.3%)
• West Piedmont (Martinsville and Franklin, Henry and Patrick counties): 17.7% (up from 14.7%)
• Western Tidewater (Isle of Wight and Southampton counties, cities of Franklin and Suffolk): 12.8% (down from 14%)

These are the Virginia localities that have seen 400 or more total cases, as of Aug. 17:

• Fairfax County: 17,070
• Prince William County: 9,924
• Loudoun County: 5,528
• Virginia Beach: 5,444
• Chesterfield County: 4,623
• Henrico County: 4,149
• Norfolk: 4,002
• Richmond: 3,404
• Chesapeake: 3,303
• Arlington County: 3,246
• Alexandria: 3,130
• Portsmouth: 1,995
• Newport News: 1,993
• Manassas: 1,716
• Spotsylvania County: 1,621
• Stafford County: 1,506
• Suffolk: 1,438
• Hampton: 1,349
• Accomack County: 1,127
• Harrisonburg: 1,106
• Roanoke: 1,082
• Culpeper County: 1,041
• Rockingham County: 979
• Albemarle County: 913
• Shenandoah County: 743
• Lynchburg: 735
• Hanover County: 703
• Frederick County: 701
• Henry County: 672
• James City County: 651
• Fauquier County: 642
• Buckingham County: 620
• Greensville County: 572
• Pittsylvania County: 571
• Charlottesville: 560
• Petersburg: 544
• Roanoke County: 522
• Manassas Park: 515
• Danville: 477
• Mecklenburg County: 459
• Prince Edward County: 449
• Isle of Wight County: 437
• Winchester: 421
• Bedford County: 418
• Fredericksburg: 406

Globally, there are 21.7 million reported COVID-19 cases and 776,157 confirmed deaths as of Aug. 17. The United States, which has the most confirmed cases and deaths worldwide, has seen 5.4 million confirmed cases so far, with 170,131 deaths nationwide attributed to the coronavirus since February.

Below is the latest data from VDH:

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