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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 (9/11), in Virginia we’re at 131,640 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), 10,155 hospitalizations and 2,711 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 1,115 (0.9%) in the latest statistics, which is a slightly slower rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 1,236 (+1.0%). The number of TOTAL test results was 1,863,082 (up 18,355 from 1,844,727 yesterday), which is still well 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 70 (+0.7%), from 10,085 to 10,155, which is a slightly slower rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 77 (+0.8%). Deaths are reported up 3 (from 2,708 to 2,711), compared up 11 (from 2,697 to 2,708) the previous day.
