Latest weekly update of this coronavirus post. This week it has increased by 3,044 new cases. Last week week there were 3,568 new cases. So things are slowly improving. In contrast, Italy, the epicenter of the European outbreak, is reporting 876 new cases yesterday. They are dealing with some new outbreaks.
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 eight weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 7:28:08 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE
……………………..….Population…last week…this week……Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445……..13,354……13,684………..604
Arlington, VA……………..237,521………3,293………3,415……….138
Alexandria VA……………160,530………3,165………3,309…………61
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795……..17,230……17,784………..547
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772…………..63…………66………..…7
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574.…………103…….…106…………..7
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850..………5,580…..…5,769……….115
Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011..…….10,034.…..10,470………183
Manassas…………………..41,641……….1,729….…1,769…………23
Manassas Park………….…17,307..…………542……….554……….…7
Stafford Country, VA……..149,960………..1,543….…1,612………..10
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144.….……..431………..455…………4
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……..19,180……19,599……..815
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……..24,949……25,648……..780
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425……101,196….104,240…..3,301
This is a 3% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 3.17%, which is high. The population known to have been infected is 1.94% or one confirmed case for every 51 people.
Also, of interest to me is Albemarle County, VA with 975 confirmed cases (921 last week) and 16 deaths and Charlottesville, VA which has 592 confirmed cases (566 last week) and 17 deaths. Further south, Montgomery County, VA has 392 cases this week (337 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 delayed 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 last week and are housing students. We shall see if there is a difference. Virginia itself is not doing well, running around a thousand new cases a day right now.
Dare County, North Carolina, a beach area in the outer banks, has had 233 cases (216 last week) and 2 deaths.
