Latest weekly update of this coronavirus post. This week it has increased by 3,568 new cases. Last week week there were 3,963 new cases. In contrast, Italy, the epicenter of the European outbreak, is reporting 401 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 seven weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 12:27:42 PM: Johns Hopkins CSSE
……………………..….Population…last week…this week.…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445……..12,959……13,354……..600
Arlington, VA……………..237,521………3,118……..3,293……..135
Alexandria VA……………160,530………3,014…….3,165…….…61
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795……..16,642…..17,230……..538
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772…………..61…..……63…………6
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574.………….92………103………….7
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850..………5,372……5,580………115
Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011..………9,605….10,034………179
Manassas…………………..41,641……….1,670……1,729………..23
Manassas Park………….…17,307..………..518………542…………7
Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……….1,424……1,543……….10
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144.….…….414………431…………4
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567…….18,641…..19,180……..814
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308…….24,098..…24,949…….769
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…….97,628…101,196….3,268
This is a 4% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 3.23%, which is high. The population known to have been infected is 1.89% or one confirmed case for every 53 people.
Also, of interest to me is Albemarle County, VA with 921 confirmed cases (856 last week) and 16 deaths and Charlottesville, VA which has 566 confirmed cases (550 last week) and 14 deaths. Montgomery County, VA has 337 cases this week (312 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 5-8 September. On the other hand, VT and most other Virginia universities are opening up this week. We shall see if there is a difference. Virginia itself is not doing well, running almost a thousand new cases a day right now.
Dare County, North Carolina, a beach area in the outer banks, has 216 cases (210 last week) and 2 deaths.
