COVID-19 Delta Surge Reduced in Northern Virginia | Heading

The proliferation of COVID-19 delta mutants has been significantly weakened in northern Virginia and other states, according to new data from the Virginia Department of Health.

The new daily average number of cases reported in northern Virginia decreased by about 12% in the past week, averaging 413 for 7 days, but on October 1, 2020, before the vaccine became available. It’s more than twice the average.

Throughout the state, the 7-day average of new daily cases decreased by 14% in the past week and 23% in the last two weeks to 2,780.4. This is the lowest level since late August, but more than 2.5 times the level on this date in 2020.

Meanwhile, Virginia Hospital and the Healthcare Association reported that hospitalizations for the treatment of COVID-19 fell by 9.9% last week to 1,898 patients as of Friday. Exactly 10 days ago, on September 21, 2,211 patients were being treated. However, as in the case, hospitalizations remain high and Mary Washington Hospital Center has reached capacity due to a surge in COVID-19 patients, delaying some surgery.. Hospitalization dropped to 195 in early July.

Sentara has launched the release of COVID-19 patient data for hospitals throughout VirginiaIncludes the Center La Northern Virginia Regional Medical Center in Woodbridge. The facility reported 18 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases as of Friday. This represents 12% of all inpatients, but has decreased from more than 30 COVID-19 patients in early September.

Deaths reported in connection with the summer surge of delta variants continue to increase, as mortality is a late indicator. The state reported 295 new COVID-related deaths this week. This is the highest since the week leading up to March 12. Three in Alexandria and Loudoun County, two in Arlington, Fairfax and Manassas, and one in Fairfax.

The average of 7-day new cases in northern Virginia is below the average for all four other regions of Virginia. All of these areas are less resident, but the number of cases is declining in all areas.

• Southwest: 695, down from 822 last Friday
• Eastern: 596, down from 732 last Friday
• Northwest: 576, down from 681 last Friday
• Center: 498, down from 533 last Friday

in the meantime, Updated data on selected outbreaks across the state Here are three new outbreaks underway in northern Virginia.

• Promedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, a Nursing Home in Fairfax County, 22 Positive Cases, Reported September 13
• Manor Care Health Services, Arlington’s nursing home, reported deaths in 2-4 and 1-4, reported on September 21.
• Goodwin House, a life support facility in Alexandria, reported 2-4 positive cases on September 20th.

Another outbreak previously reported at Fairfax is ongoing: Harmony at Spring Hill, 9 confirmed cases, and 1 to 4 deaths (both the same number as last week).

Of the Ministry of Health Dashboard Tracking the number of breakthrough infections, between January 17 and September 25, 7,663 infections were reported and 26 died in fully vaccinated people in northern Virginia. It is shown. 27,300 such infections have been reported throughout the state, and only a small percentage of the nearly 440,000 overall cases reported during that time.

According to data, unvaccinated people are 7.9 times more likely to develop COVID-19 and 7.9 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people, according to the Ministry of Health.

The pace of vaccination throughout the state continues to slow, with an average of 12,248 people per day. State vaccination dashboard.. Vaccinations were low at 11,000 times a day in early July, but high at 86,000 times a day in late March.

As of Thursday, more than 10.57 million vaccines have been given to Virginians, with 71.8% of the adult population and 60.3% of the total population fully vaccinated.

The decline in case rates over the past two weeks has also reduced the average positive rate of diagnostic COVID-19 testing in both the state-wide and northern Virginia. A rate of less than 5% generally indicates that the spread of the virus is controlled.

Latest COVID—19 data

New cases / deaths (7 days until Friday, October 1)

• Northern Virginia: 2,896 new cases (down from 3,293 last week). 20 new deaths (up from 10 last week)

• State-wide: 19,463 new cases (down from 22,668 last week), 295 new deaths (up from 269 last week)

• State-wide test: 197,905 PCR diagnostic test results (up from 145,817 last week)

Overall total

• Northern Virginia: 212,704 cases, 2,486 deaths

• State-wide: 869,328 cases, 12,806 deaths

• State-wide testing: 9.32 million PCR diagnostic tests (12.85 million including antibody and antigen testing)

• Cases of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C): 88 (including 14 at Fairfax, 11 at Prince William, 2 at Loudon and Alexandria, and 1 at Arlington). Three new cases were reported this week across the state.

* Provided by Virginia Department of Health.. The Health Department’s COVID-19 data is updated every morning (Monday to Friday) by 10 am and includes reports from local health agencies by 5 pm the previous day.

State-wide hospital data (as of Friday, October 1)

• Hospitalization: 1,898 (decreased from 2,106 on September 24)

• Peak hospitalization: 3,209 reached January 13

• ICU patients: 512 (down from 557 on September 24)

• Discharged patients: 68,609 (2,238 this week)

* Provided by Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association

For updated national and international COVID-19 data, Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Dashboard..

Editor’s Note: InsideNoVa provides COVID-19 updates on a regular weekly basis. For daily reports, Virginia Department of Health COVID-19 Dashboard..