Consistent with much of the U.S., COVID-19 cases in Virginia have been climbing.
But for now, Northern Virginia is not seeing the kind of surge other communities in the state are.
Statewide, the seven-day average of new daily cases was at 1,094. Though that’s not quite yet comparable to the seven-day average peaks seen on March 31 (1,195) and Aug. 8 (1,198), it does mark a significant increase from the Oct. 1 average (747).
The number of cases in Northern Virginia is climbing as well, . It鈥檚 consistent with an overall plateau that began around mid-June. The region鈥檚 seven-day average of new cases was 260 on Tuesday, up from about 161 on Oct. 3.
Here’s how that seven-day new case average has climbed
- Alexandria: From 12.71 on Oct. 3 to 16.43 on Tuesday.
- Arlington County: From 13 on Oct. 3 to 26.71 on Tuesday.
- Fairfax County: From 69.9聽on Oct. 3 to 109.3 on Tuesday.
- Loudoun County: From 23.1 on Oct. 3 to 31.1 on Tuesday.
- Prince William County: From 39 on Oct. 3 to 69.7 on Tuesday.
- Stafford County: From 7.57 on Oct. 3 to 8.86 on Tuesday.
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Virginia’s major area of concern is the Southwest region. Its seven-day average of new cases has been on a steady increase over the last four months: It was about 47 on June 27, but is now at over 342.
Last week, , and urged residents to take the usual precautions. In that area alone, they鈥檝e seen 27 outbreaks and have topped 1,300 reported cases in total.
Statewide, hospitalizations for COVID-19 have begun to turn upward, too: About a month ago, the seven-day average was just over 900; at the end of last week, that average was at 1,031.
There are somewhat-more-encouraging numbers, though, in terms of Virginia鈥檚 capacity to care for the infected if their condition worsens: There are still thousands of hospital beds available.
Virginia is also well-positioned in terms of ventilators. Only 28% or its over 2,900 ventilators were in use as of Tuesday.
And in terms of testing, the state has shown stability: The seven-day average for Virginia’s testing positivity 鈥� far below its high of over 20% back in late April.
Since the pandemic began, 3,600 Virginians have died, out of 175,409 total reported cases.
