See below for the latest COVID-19 statistics for Virginia, courtesy of the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA). As you can see, total cases hit 1,673,382, up 932 since the Tuesday morning report and up 8,300 over the past 10 days (waaaayyyy down from the 10-day average of 198,847 on 1/19); the Omicron wave definitely has declined. As for hospitalizations, according to VDH, we’re now at a cumulative 49,158, up 46 from the Tuesday morning statistics (also, VHHA has hospitalizations at 241…the lowest level since July 2021 and waaaayyyy down from the peak of around 4,000 back in January). And deaths are at 19,789, up 46 from the Tuesday morning statistics.








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