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 (9/14), in Virginia we’re at 134,571 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), 10,293 hospitalizations and 2,743 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 757 (+0.6%) in the latest statistics, which is a slightly slower rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 874 (+0.7%). The number of TOTAL test results was 1,910,247 (up 13,469 from 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 49 (+0.4%), which is a faster rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 26 (+0.3%). Deaths are reported +19, compared to +2 the previous day.
