PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia has seen an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations to record levels with the omicron surge, but that rapid rise appears to have somewhat slowed.
ICU and ventilator use have gone up since last week (to record levels), but overall total COVID hospitalizations have leveled out slightly. Cases have hovered around the 17,000-18,000 case per day mark since last Monday (though case report on weekends and Mondays tend to be lower).
Data continues to show the vast majority of those in the hospital and dying are unvaccinated. Those who are “fully vaccinated” have strong protection against severe symptoms, and a booster shot increases those protections even more.
Virginia has one of the best vaccination rates in the country, and more than 2 million have gotten boosters.
Statewide metrics
- New cases: +10,842 (1,397,155 total), 16,917 on average (highest levels of pandemic)
- Deaths: +3 (15,814 total), has been down (20 per day on average now) but VDH says there’s a reporting delay this month as it applies new federal guidelines for COVID-19 associated deaths
- Current hospitalizations: -5 patients (3,812 total currently and 3,858 7-day average, record average) ICU numbers at record high levels (656 patients), ventilator usage now at new record (373 patients)
- (1,915 total beds still available statewide, 360 for ICU (adult and pediatric, just 135 adult ICU beds)
- Test positivity: 33.6%, at record levels, up from 5-6% last month
- Vaccine doses administered: 14,476,288
- Percent of population with at least one dose: 78.6% (6,705,042)
- Percent of adults (18+) with at least one dose: 89.7%
- Percent of population fully vaccinated: 68.4% (5,838,361)
- Percent of adults fully vaccinated: 78.6%
- People vaccinated with booster/third dose: 2,330,629
Local cases (additions are combined numbers from Saturday, Sunday and Monday)
- Accomack: 5,990 cases, 360 hospitalized, 85 deaths (+365 cases)
- Chesapeake: 43,034 cases, 1,526 hospitalized, 383 deaths (+1,862 cases, +24 hospitalized)
- Franklin: 2,158 cases, 83 hospitalized, 43 deaths (+65 cases)
- Gloucester: 5,561 cases, 96 hospitalized, 83 deaths (+532 cases, -1 hospitalized)
- Hampton: 23,679 cases, 953 hospitalized, 258 deaths (+1,020 cases -6 hospitalized)
- Isle of Wight: 6,257 cases, 293 hospitalized, 92 deaths (+247 cases, +4 hospitalized)
- James City County: 11,998 cases, 336 hospitalized, 100 deaths (+575 cases, +7 hospitalized)
- Mathews: 1219 cases, 31 hospitalized, 24 deaths (+49 cases)
- Newport News: 31,333 cases, 1004 hospitalized, 320 deaths (+1,312 cases, +23 hospitalized)
- Norfolk: 36,315 cases, 1,974 hospitalized, 371 deaths (+1,668 cases, +93 hospitalized)
- Northampton: 1,723 cases, 119 hospitalized, 51 deaths (+98 cases, +3 hospitalized)
- Poquoson: 1,971 cases, 44 hospitalized, 24 deaths (+172 cases)
- Portsmouth: 18,398 cases, 1084 hospitalized, 256 deaths (+568 cases, +18 hospitalized)
- Southampton: 2,905 cases, 100 hospitalized, 75 deaths (+84 cases, +4 hospitalized)
- Suffolk: 16,029 cases, 919 hospitalized, 256 deaths (+841 cases, +17 hospitalized, +2 deaths)
- Virginia Beach: 77,224 cases, 3,491 hospitalized, 621 deaths (+3,421 cases, +127 hospitalized, +3 deaths)
- Williamsburg: 1,453 cases, 64 hospitalized, 13 deaths (+23 cases, +6 hospitalized )
- York: 8,240 cases, 177 hospitalized, 87 deaths (+323 cases, +10 hospitalized)