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 (10/26), in Virginia we’re at 174,275 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), 12,260 hospitalizations and 3,581 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 904 (+0.5%) in the latest statistics, which is a slightly slower rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 999 (+0.6%). The number of TOTAL test results is currently at 2,720,196 TOTAL test results (up about 16,313 from yesterday; note that, according to researchers at Harvard, we need 21,145 test results/day for mitigation, 81,741/day for suppression). As for hospitalizations, they went up 27 (+0.2%), which is a slightly slower rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 35 (+0.3%). Deaths are reported +2 compared to +1 the previous day.
