PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia reported 144 new coronavirus cases and 7 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday.
It comes a day after the commonwealth celebrated reaching President Biden’s milestone of at least 70% of adults with at least one vaccine dose. More than 60% of adults are also fully vaccinated.
- New cases: (+144, 678,909 total), 137 per day on average
- New deaths: (+7, 11,361 total), 6 per day on average
- Current hospitalizations: (-22 patients, 263 currently)
- Percent of positive tests: (1.5% on average)
- Vaccine doses administered: total doses administered: 8,865,628 percent of population with at least 1 dose: 57.9% (70% of adults), percent of the population fully vaccinated: 49.5% (60.5% of adults 18-plus)
Local cases
- Accomack: 2,868 cases, 212 hospitalized 45 deaths (no change)
- Chesapeake: 21,210 cases, 1,030 hospitalized, 305 deaths (+3 cases)
- Franklin: 1,140 cases, 56 hospitalized, 33 deaths (+2 cases)
- Gloucester: 2,270 cases, 66 hospitalized, 49 deaths (no change)
- Hampton: 10,708 cases, 433 hospitalized, 181 deaths (+2 cases)
- Isle of Wight: 3,172 cases, 151 hospitalized, 70 deaths (no change)
- James City County: 4,665 cases, 168 hospitalized, 72 deaths (-1 case)
- Mathews: 602 cases, 23 hospitalized, 12 deaths (no changes)
- Newport News: 14,320 cases, 505 hospitalized, 238 deaths (+8 cases, +3 hospitalized)
- Norfolk: 18,005 cases, 1,034 hospitalized, 269 deaths (+2 cases)
- Northampton: 807 cases, 80 hospitalized, 36 deaths (no change)
- Poquoson: 897 cases, 25 hospitalized, 18 deaths (no change)
- Portsmouth: 9,186 cases, 684 hospitalized, 203 deaths (+4 cases)
- Southampton: 1,985 cases, 56 hospitalized, 57 deaths (no change)
- Suffolk: 8,002 cases, 462 hospitalized, 191 deaths (+1 case)
- Virginia Beach: 36,340 cases, 1,710 hospitalized, 413 deaths (+17 cases, +5 hospitalized)
- Williamsburg: 770 cases, 29 hospitalized, 13 deaths (no change)
- York: 3,800 cases, 80 hospitalized, 57 deaths (+1 case)
