Wednesday (2/3) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +2,959 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 513,339), +122 Hospitalizations (to 21,638), +58 Deaths (to 6,575)

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 (2/3), in Virginia we’re at 513,339 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), 21,638 hospitalizations and 6,575 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 2,959 (+0.6%) in the latest statistics, which is a slightly faster rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 2,740 (+0.5%). As for hospitalizations, they went up 122 (+0.6%), which is a faster rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 72 (+0.3%).  Deaths are reported +58, compared to +43 the previous day. The number of PCR-ONLY test results is currently at 5,300,826 (up 19,100 from yesterday).