There are over 1,930,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, around the world and over 2,964,000 have been tested in the United States. The global total number of deaths stands at 120,450. Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University has been keeping up-to-date information through an interactive map.
Virginia now has 5,747 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 903 people hospitalized, 149 deaths and 41,401 people tested. Fairfax has the highest total number of cases, with 1,164 to date. Arlington has reported 390, Alexandria has 235, Loudoun County has 324 and Prince William County has 485 (including Manassas and Manassas City). You can keep up with the commonwealth’s daily updates here. (Virginia Department of Health)
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The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the DMV stands at 16,661 as of Tuesday morning. There are currently 5,747 cases in Virginia, 8,939 cases in Maryland and 1,959 cases in Washington, DC. The total number of deaths in each has Maryland at 263, Virginia at 149 and the District at 53, for a regional total of 465. (The Washington Post)
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The University of Virginia is now predicting that if the commonwealth continues social distancing until the stay-at-home order is predicted to be lifted on June 10, cases will continue a steady daily rise of a few hundred, but if there hadn’t been protective measures put in place, the pandemic would have led to more than 5,000 cases per day across Virginia. “It shows that our social distancing measures are working. We are slowing the spread of this virus,” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said during a Monday coronavirus news briefing. According to other data estimates done by the university, if restrictions were lifted at the end of April, Virginia’s daily confirmed cases would peak at between 15,000 to 20,000 cases between June and July. And if Virginia stays with the June 10 date for lifting the stay-at-home order, the model forecasts that cases will begin surging upward in early July and peak at around 12,500 daily confirmed cases in mid-August. (Virginia Business)
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On Monday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced a nursing home task force to help contain and minimize the commonwealth’s spread of COVID-19 to older populations, and according to a Virginia Department of Health official, the team had already been dispatched to a new outbreak over the weekend. Of the 97 outbreaks across the commonwealth being tracked by the Virginia Department of Health, more than half (53) are in long-term care facilities. (WTOP)
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In a letter released by Loudoun County Public Schools, all seniors were promised a graduation ceremony by Superintendent Eric Williams. “You have our word,” he said, that any school with a graduating class will have a ceremony and a virtual celebration in June. (WTOP)
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At least two employees at the Pentagon City Whole Foods have tested positive for COVID-19, as confirmed by a company spokesperson on Monday. “Out of an abundance of caution, the store performed an additional cleaning and disinfection, on top of our current enhanced sanitation measures,” read the released statement. In addition, three residents of the multifamily building (owned by JBG Smith Properties) had also tested positive and were self-quarantining in their units. (WTOP)
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