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 (3/17), in Virginia we’re at 598,468 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), 25,517 hospitalizations and 10,154 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went to 1,327 (+0.2%) in the latest statistics, which is the same rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 1,276 (+0.2%). As for hospitalizations, they went up 78 (+0.3%), which is a slower rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 116 (+0.5%). Deaths are reported +50, compared to +44 the previous day. The number of PCR-ONLY test results is currently at 6,220,455 (up 17,531 from yesterday).








![Thursday News: “World leaders now enter the White House at their own risk”; “2 Israeli Embassy staff shot and killed in front of Capital Jewish Museum in DC”; GOP Moves to Pass “Monstrous” Bill Which “steal[s] from the poor and give[s] to the rich”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/montage0522-238x178.jpg)





![[UPDATED 1/29/26] Audio: Sen. Tim Kaine Talks to Blue Virginia About His “Five-Point Plan” to Fight Trump’s Orban-Like Assault on US Democracy; Civil Disobedience a la MLK Jr.; Trump’s Bogus “Energy Emergency”; the Crucial Importance of the 2025 VA Elections; etc.](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kaineinterview2-100x75.jpg)

