See below for graphics of the newly posted COVID-19 numbers by the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. So, at this point (6/15), in Virginia we’re at 54,886 total reported – confirmed plus probable – cases (note that actual cases, as well as deaths, could be higher, maybe even a LOT higher, based on stories like this one in the NY Times), 5,588 hospitalizations and 1,552 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 380 (+0.7%) in the latest statistics, which is a lower rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 637 (+1.2%), and the lowest day-to-day increase in cases since mid-April. The number of TOTAL test results was 530,432 (up 10,650 from 519,782 yesterday), while the number of “PCR Only” tests was 476,573 (up 9,976 from 466,597 yesterday). These testing numbers are slightly above 10,000 per day (a number Gov. Northam has repeatedly stated as an important goal), but still far below the 16,664 per day that Harvard’s Global Health Institute estimates we need to reopen safely and contain the virus. As for hospitalizations, they went up 52 (+0.9%), from 5,536 to 5,588, which is a faster rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 25 (+0.5%). Deaths are reported up 6 (from 1,546 to 1,552), compared to an increase of 5 (from 1,541 to 1,546) the previous day.
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