RICHMOND, Va. (WJHL) — The Virginia Division of Well being (VDH) reported 192 new COVID-19 instances throughout Southwest Virginia’s 9 counties Friday — leaving the hard-hit area’s new case fee practically unchanged from per week in the past and nonetheless greater than double Virginia’s total fee.
That elevated fee – 475 new instances per 100,000 inhabitants in comparison with 221 statewide — additionally continued to play out in hospitalization and loss of life charges.
Since Sept. 1, Southwest Virginians have been hospitalized at double the population-adjusted fee of Virginians as an entire. COVID deaths throughout that interval have been reported at practically triple the state fee.
4 new deaths have been reported Friday — two in Bristol and one every in Russell and Smyth counties.
That left the speed of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants at near quadruple the state’s over the previous seven days and virtually triple since Sept. 1. The Sept. 1 by Oct. 8 figures are 40.8 deaths per 100,000 regionally and 14.0 statewide.
Smyth, Scott and Sensible counties all have population-adjusted COVID loss of life charges which can be within the high 10 among the many state’s 95 counties over the course of the pandemic.
5 new hospitalizations have been additionally reported – one every in Buchanan, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and Washington counties.
Washington County has the state’s highest hospitalization fee over the course of the pandemic, and since Sept. 1 the area’s fee of 85.7 new hospitalizations per 100,000 is greater than double the state’s fee of 42.2.
The 192 new COVID-19 instances reported Friday have been led by Washington and Sensible counties at 40 and 38 new COVID-19 instances respectively.
Nevertheless it’s Smyth County, simply east of Washington County, that’s recording the very best present seven-day unfold fee. Its fee rose again above 800 Friday, climbing to 804.
Smyth County has been within the high 100 of the U.S.’s counties in unfold fee for greater than per week in line with a New York Occasions database. Thursday it ranked fortieth at 764 new weekly instances per 100,000.
Statewide, VDH reported 662,979 confirmed instances of COVID-19 within the Commonwealth on Oct. 8.
Based on VDH, the entire variety of confirmed and possible instances is 888,159.
VDH reviews there have been 11,025 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths throughout the state.
Be aware: VDH doesn’t report whether or not instances are lively or recovered. County and neighborhood case totals can embrace lively, recovered, confirmed and possible instances.
Bristol, Va. – 2,191 instances / 157 hospitalizations / 47 deaths (3 new instances, 2 new deaths)
Buchanan County – 2,230 instances / 137 hospitalizations / 54 deaths (12 new instances, 1 new hospitalization)
Dickenson County – 1,518 instances / 54 hospitalizations / 24 deaths (11 new instances)
Lee County – 3,538 instances / 136 hospitalizations / 56 deaths (13 new instances)
Norton – 527 instances / 28 hospitalizations / 12 deaths (6 new instances)
Russell County – 3,555 instances / 149 hospitalizations / 54 deaths (15 new instances, 1 new hospitalization, 1 new loss of life)
Scott County – 2,874 instances / 159 hospitalizations / 72 deaths (11 new instances, 1 new hospitalization)
Smyth County – 4,493 instances / 265 hospitalizations / 108 deaths (27 new instances, 1 new loss of life)
Tazewell County – 5,453 instances / 217 hospitalizations / 94 deaths (16 new instances, 1 new hospitalization)
Washington County, Va. – 7,192 instances / 543 hospitalizations / 136 deaths (40 new instances, 1 new hospitalization)
Sensible County – 4,883 instances / 220 hospitalizations / 122 deaths (38 new instances)
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