Latest weekly update of this coronavirus post. This week it has increased to 3,963 new cases. Last week week there were 3,672 new cases. It was 4,077 new cases two weeks ago. In contrast, Italy, the epicenter of the European outbreak, is reporting 412 new cases yesterday.
The number of reported cases in the DC area was hovering around 8,000 to 9,500 a week for several months, then declined to a low of 2,406 six weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 3:17:24 PM: Johns Hopkins CSSE
……………………..….Population…last week…this week.…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445……..12,443……12,959…….593
Arlington, VA……………..237,521……….2,997…….3,118……..135
Alexandria VA……………160,530……….2,872….…3,014………60
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795……..16,019……16,642…….529
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772……………59….……..61……….6
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574.…………..82…….…..92………..7
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850..………5,117……..5,372…….115
Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011..………9,139……..9,605……176
Manassas…………………..41,641……….1,620……..1,670……..23
Manassas Park………….…17,307..………..505…….….518……….7
Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……….1,300………1,424………9
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144.….…….380………..414……….4
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567…….17,976……18,641……806
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308…….23,156……24,098..…764
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…….93,665……97,628…3,234
This is a 4% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 3.31%, which is high. The population known to have been infected is 1.82% or one confirmed case for every 55 people.
Also, of interest to me is Albemarle County, VA with 856 confirmed cases (791 last week) and 16 deaths and Charlottesville, VA which has 550 confirmed cases (504 last week) and 15 deaths. Montgomery County, VA has 312 cases this week (291 last week) and 3 deaths. These two areas are the home of UVA (Charlottesville) and Virginia Tech (Blacksburg), two large universities located in a more rural environment. UVA announced last week that they were delaying the movement of students into the dorms from 19 August until 8 September. On the other hand, VT and many other Virginia universities are opening up on time (late August). We shall see if there is a difference.
Dare County, North Carolina, a beach area in the outer banks, has 210 cases (202 last week) and 2 deaths. The number of cases in all these areas is growing at a worrisome rate. Virginia itself is not doing well, running around a thousand new cases a day right now.
Below are the daily graphs for the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland:
