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Number of new deaths declined, from 120 to 113, in week ending July 3.
Kate Andrews //July 6, 2020//
Number of new deaths declined, from 120 to 113, in week ending July 3.
Kate Andrews // July 6, 2020//
COVID-19 cases increased slightly last week in Virginia for the second week in a row, although the number of deaths during the same period was down a bit. The Virginia Department of Health reported 3,920 new cases for the week ending July 3, up from 3,724 the previous week. The seven-day positivity rate reported Monday is 6.1%, up from a low of 5.8% on June 23.
The state entered Phase Three of Gov. Ralph Northam’s reopening plan on July 1, allowing groups of 150 people to gather, although the governor placed a ban on congregating at bars, citing safety concerns.
The state reported 113 new deaths from the coronavirus during the same time period, bringing the state death toll for the pandemic to 1,853. During the previous week, the state reported 120 deaths.
The state has seen 66,102 total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
These are the Virginia localities that have seen 400 or more total cases, as of July 6:
Globally, there are 10.19 million reported COVID-19 cases and 502,947 confirmed deaths as of June 29. The United States, which has the most confirmed cases and deaths worldwide, has seen 2.56 million confirmed cases so far, with 125,928 deaths nationwide attributed to the coronavirus since February.
Below is the latest data from VDH:
