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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 (8/25), in Virginia we’re at 114,635 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), 9,259 hospitalizations and 2,494 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 1,005 (+0.9%) in the latest statistics, which is a faster rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 664 (+0.6%). The number of TOTAL test results was 1,615,692 (up 16,096 from 1,599,596 yesterday), which is still below what we need, according to researchers at Harvard (that would be 22,422/day for mitigation, 81,741/day for suppression). As for hospitalizations, they went up 52 (+0.6%), from 9,207 to 9,259, which is a faster rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 31 (+0.3%). Deaths are reported up 23 (from 2,471 to 2,494), compared up 4 (from 2,467 to 2,471) the previous day.
