Tuesday (2/2) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +2,740 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 510,380), +72 Hospitalizations (to 21,516), +43 Deaths (to 6,517)

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 (2/2), in Virginia we’re at 510,380 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), 21,516 hospitalizations and 6,517 deaths from COVID-19. The number of reported cases went up 2,740 (+0.5%) in the latest statistics, which is a slightly slower rate of increase than the day before, when reported cases were up 2,861 (+0.6%). As for hospitalizations, they went up 72 (+0.3%), which is a slightly faster rate of increase than the day before, when hospitalizations were up 35 (+0.2%).  Deaths are reported +43, compared to +10 the previous day. The number of PCR-ONLY test results is currently at 5,281,726 (up 19,925 from yesterday).