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Thursday (9/17) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +1,101 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 137,460), +76 Hospitalizations (to 10,465), +36 Deaths (to 2,920) From Yesterday

Highest number of daily test results in many, many months

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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 (9/17), in Virginia we’re at 137,460 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), 10,465 hospitalizations and 2,920 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 1,101 (+0.8%) in the latest statistics, which is a faster rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 845 (+0.6%). The number of TOTAL test results was 1,960,917 (up 23,051 from yesterday), which is close to 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 76 (+0.7%), which is a faster rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 52 (+0.5%).  Deaths are reported +36, compared to +45 the previous day (NOTE: VDH says, “Regarding the death data for Tuesday, September 15, 2020, there is an existing data backlog.  VDH is working diligently to identify COVID-19 related deaths using vital record death certificate information.”).

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