Category Coronavirus

This is weekly update number 54 on the coronavirus in the DC area. This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased to 6,734 new cases. There were 5,615 new cases last week. Twelve weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, reported 13K new cases for yesterday. The UK looks like it has brought it under control with 3K new cases yesterday. Its high was 68K new cases on 8 January. France now has reported more cases of Coronavirus than the UK or Russia, making them the fourth highest in the world (after U.S., India and Brazil). Their death count of 99,639 (population 67.4 million) is the eighth highest reported deaths in the world (behind U.S., Brazil, Mexico, India, UK, Italy and Russia). Still, it is less than the UK with 127,407 dead in a population of 66.8 million or Italy with 115,088 deaths in a population of 60.3 million. Yesterday they reported for France 39K. They appear to have lost control of the situation. The new case count for Spain is 6K, Germany is 29K and Russia is 8K (not that I particularly trust the Russian figures). The U.S. (population 331.4 million), which has never gotten the virus under control, had 78K new cases yesterday. This is worse than last week but an improvement from the high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (25 cases), Japan (3,449 and on the rise), South Korea (731 and also on the rise), Taiwan (4), Vietnam (9), Singapore (14), Australia (21) and New Zealand (2).

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 cases forty-one weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of today, 11:20 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….45,328…..46,209………1,088
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..….14,464……14,697…………249
Alexandria VA……………160,530……11,100……11,348…………130
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.…..72,390……73,751………1,055
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.………402……….406………..….9
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..………527……….532………….18
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850……25,693……26,379………..273

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011……42,552……43,368………..477
Manassas…………………..41,641..…….4,200……..4,242……….…45
Manassas Park………….…17,307….…..1,176……..1,177…………12

Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……10,332……10,560……..….72
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144…….1,916……..1,961…………22
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……67,505……68,377…….1,493
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……79,286……80,598…….1,415
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…..376,871…..383,605…….6,358

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.66%. This last week there were 57 new fatalities reported out of 6,734 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 0.85%. The population known to have been infected is 7.15% or one confirmed case for every 14 people. The actual rate of infection may be higher, perhaps as much as four times higher. I don’t have a good report of how many people have been vaccinated in this DC area, but I gather we are nearing 50% who have had their first shot (I have had both of mine). So we are looking at 50-70% of the DC area having either been infected or vaccinated.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville. Liberty University (LU) at Lynchburg and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions at the beginning of February. I do not report on places like William and Mary (W&M) and VCU as they are located in or near major population centers.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 6,305 cases (6,246 last week) and 95 deaths, while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 6,477 cases (6,404 last week) and 103 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,936 cases (3,895 last week) and 55 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 5,448 cases (5,348 last week) and 82 deaths. This is where UVA is located.

For UVA (https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker), after peaking at 229 new cases on 2/16, they had imposed new restrictions. The number of cases dropped precipitously and they partially eased up the restrictions. This Monday (4/12) there were 13 new cases. It does show what can be done with quick reaction and actual lock-down procedures.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported 7,415 cases (7,275 last week) cases and 144 deaths.

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 9,021 cases (8,896 last week) and 88 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

I do report the population, number of cases and number of deaths for each of these areas. This is because this is somewhat of a “laboratory-like” situation where you have four universities of 23K to 36K students located in rural areas of around 100K population. They do have different rates per capita in cases and in deaths.  

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 2,048 new cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,434 cases. Eleven weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 2,026 cases (2,012 last week) and 8 deaths.

The number of cases from coronavirus is less than it was last week. This is weekly update number 53 on the coronavirus in the DC area. This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) decreased to 5,615 new cases. There were 6,914 new cases last week. Eleven weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Twenty-two weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is doing better with 8K new cases reported for yesterday. The UK looks like it has brought it under control with 2K new cases yesterday. Its high was 68K new cases on 8 January. France now has reported more cases of Coronavirus than the UK. Their death count of 97,431 (population 67.4 million) is the seventh highest reported deaths in the world (behind U.S., Brazil, India, UK, Italy and Russia). Still, it is less than the UK with 127,126 dead in a population of 66.8 million or Italy with 111,747 deaths in a population of 60.3 million. Yesterday they reported for France 8K which is a vast improvement, for Spain (7K), Germany (8K) and Russia (8K). The U.S. (population 331.4 million), which has never gotten the virus under control, had 62K new cases yesterday. This is pretty the same as last week but an improvement from the high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (19 cases), Japan (2,615), South Korea (668), Taiwan (2), Vietnam (11), Singapore (24), Australia (14) and New Zealand (7).

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 cases forty weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 11:21 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….44,513……45,328…..1,076
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..….14,227……14,464……..249
Alexandria VA……………160,530……10,940…….11,100…….129
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.…..71,411….…72,390…..1,048
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.………386.………402………….9
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..………522.……..527………..18
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850……25,251.….25,693………271

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011……41,934……42,552……..473
Manassas…………………..41,641..…….4,159.……4,200…….…45
Manassas Park………….…17,307….…..1,169.……1,176…….…12

Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……10,150.….10,332……….70
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144…….1,879.……1,916…….…22
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……66,704.….67,505……1,484
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……78,011.….79,286……1,395
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…..371,256…376,871……6,301

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.67%. This last week there were 51 new fatalities reported out of 5,615 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 0.91%. The population known to have been infected is 7.02% or one confirmed case for every 14 people. The actual rate of infection may be higher, perhaps as much as four times higher. I don’t have a good report of how many people have been vaccinated in this DC area, but I gather we are nearing 50% who have had their first shot (I have had both of mine). So we are looking at 50-70% of the DC area having either been infected or vaccinated.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville. Liberty University (LU) at Lynchburg and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions at the beginning of February. I do not report on places like William and Mary (W&M) and VCU as they are located in or near major population centers.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 6,246 cases (6,166 last week) and 95 deaths, while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 6,404 cases (6,347 last week) and 103 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,895 cases (3,834 last week) and 55 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 5,348 cases (5,275 last week) and 78 deaths. This is where UVA is located.

For UVA (https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker), after peaking at 229 new cases on 2/16, they had imposed new restrictions. The number of cases dropped precipitously and they partially eased up the restrictions. This Monday (4/05) there were 13 new cases. It does show what can be done with quick reaction and actual lock-down procedures.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported 7,275 cases (7,196 last week) cases and 142 deaths.

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 8,896 cases (8,780 last week) and 88 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

I do report the population, number of cases and number of deaths for each of these areas. This is because this is somewhat of a “laboratory-like” situation where you have four universities of 23K to 36K students located in rural areas of around 100K population. They do have different rates per capita in cases and in deaths.  

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,434 new cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,432 cases. Ten weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 2,012 cases (1,987 last week) and 8 deaths.

Well, I have been providing updates for the DC area for a year now. I originally started tracking and discussing the virus back in January 2020. And then, as everyone else finally picked up that this was going to be a problem and started reporting on it, I decided in April to focus on local tracking. Because of the geographic nature of the DC area (parts of Virginia, parts of Maryland and DC), I could not find a nice summary for the area. It also personally affects me (and which is why I am reporting on university towns in Virginia and beach areas in North Carolina). 

Anyhow, here is my original post on the virus: Plague? | Mystics & Statistics (dupuyinstitute.org)

And here is my original DC area post from a year ago: Coronavirus in the DC area | Mystics & Statistics (dupuyinstitute.org)

Back then (1 April 2020) we were looking at 1,941 reported cases and 23 reported deaths. Now we are up to 371,256 reported cases and 6,250 reported deaths. It has not been well handled.

Back to the present, the number of cases from coronavirus is higher than it was last week. This is weekly update number 52 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by 6,914 new cases. There were 4,811 new cases last week. Ten weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Twenty-one weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 16K new cases reported for yesterday. The UK is actually bringing it under control with 4K yesterday, the same as last week. Its high was 68K new cases on 8 January. France now has reported more cases of Coronavirus than the UK. Their death count of 95,495 (population 67.4 million) is the seventh highest reported deaths in the world (behind U.S., Brazil, India, UK, Italy and Russia). Still, it is less than the UK with 126,955 dead in a population of 66.8 million or Italy with 108,879 deaths in a population of 60.3 million. Yesterday they reported for France (31K), Spain (5K), Germany (24K) and Russia (8K). The U.S. (population 331.4 million), which has never gotten the virus under control, had 61K new cases yesterday. This is higher than the last the last four weeks (53K, 54K, 55K and 57K) but an improvement from the high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (18 cases), Japan (2,141), South Korea (506), Taiwan (1), Vietnam (3 on 3/29), Singapore (26), Australia (8) and New Zealand (2).

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 cases thirty-nine weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 11:25 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….43,488…..44,513…….1,064
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..….13,915……14,227……….246
Alexandria VA……………160,530……10,784……10,940.,…….128
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.…..70,096……71,411…….1,040
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.………378………386……..……9
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..………509…..…..522……..…18
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850……24,659……25,251…..….269

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011……41,153……41,934………468
Manassas…………………..41,641..…….4,120……..4,159……,…45
Manassas Park………….…17,307….…..1,153……..1,169…….…12

Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……..9,970……10,150………..69
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144…….1,844……..1,879…….…22
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……65,686……66,704…..1,472
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……76,587……78,011…..1,388
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…..364,342….371,256.…6,250

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.68%. This last week there were 53 new fatalities reported out of 6,914 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 0.77%. The population known to have been infected is 6.92% or one confirmed case for every 14 people. The actual rate of infection may be higher, perhaps as much as four times higher. I don’t have a good report of how many people have been vaccinated in this DC area, but I gather at least 20% have had their first shot. So we are looking at 40-50% of the DC area having either been infected or vaccinated.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville. Liberty University (LU) at Lynchburg and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions at the beginning of February. I do not report on places like William and Mary (W&M) and VCU as they are located in or near major population centers.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 6,166 cases (5,961 last week) and 95 deaths (up 24 in the last five weeks), while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 6,347 cases (6,187 last week) and 103 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,834 cases (3,771 last week) and 53 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 5,275 cases (5,176 last week) and 77 deaths (up 29 in the last five weeks). This is where UVA is located.

For UVA (https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker), after peaking at 229 new cases on 2/16, they had imposed new restrictions. The number of cases dropped precipitously and they partially eased up the restrictions. This Monday (3/29) there were 9 new cases. It does show what can be done with quick reaction and actual lock-down procedures.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported 7,196 cases (7,056 last week) cases and 140 deaths (80 deaths these in the last ten weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 8,780 cases (8,642 last week) and 86 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

I do report the population, number of cases and number of deaths for each of these areas. This is because this is somewhat of a “laboratory-like” situation where you have four universities of 23K to 36K students located in rural areas of around 100K population. They do have different rates per capita in cases and in deaths.  

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,432 new cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,267 cases. Nine weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,987 cases (1,948 last week) and 8 deaths.

In general the number of cases from coronavirus remains the same as it was last week. It is still high and needs to come down further. This is weekly update number 51 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by 4,811 new cases. There were 5,549 new cases last week. Nine weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Twenty weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 29K new cases reported for yesterday, an increase from last week. The UK is actually bringing it under control for a change with 5K yesterday, the same as last week. Its high was 68K new cases on 8 January. France now has reported more cases of Coronavirus than the UK, although their death count of 93,065 (population 67.4 million) is less than the UK with 126,523 dead in a population of 66.8 million. Yesterday they reported for France (15K), Spain (6K), Germany (21K) and Russia (8K). The U.S. (population 331.4 million), which has never gotten the virus under control, had 53K new cases yesterday. This is about the same as the last three weeks (54K, 55K and 57K) but an improvement from the high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (22 cases), Japan (1,517), South Korea (425), Taiwan (5 on 3/15), Vietnam (3 on 3/22), Singapore (13), Australia (10) and New Zealand (8).

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 cases thirty-eight weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 9:26 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….42,730…..43,488……..1,051
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..….13,729…..13,915………..243
Alexandria VA……………160,530……10,643…..10,784……….128
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.…..69,041…..70,096…….1,034
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.………370………378…………10
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..………507………509…………17
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850……24,197….24,659……….263

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011…….40,625….41,153…….…467
Manassas…………………..41,641..……..4,089……4,120…………45
Manassas Park………….…17,307….……1,145……1,153……..…12

Stafford Country, VA……..149,960………9,858……9,970……..…68
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144……..1,825…..1,844……..…22
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……65,053….65,686……1,461
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……75,719….76,587……1,376
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…..359,531…364,342……6,197

 

This is a 1% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.70%. This last week there were 28 new fatalities reported out of 4,811 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 0.58%. A couple of municipalities dropped their count of deaths this week. The population known to have been infected is 6.79% or one confirmed case for every 15 people. The actual rate of infection may be higher, perhaps as much as four times higher. I don’t have a good report of how many people have been vaccinated in this DC area, but I gather at least 20% have had their first shot. So we are looking at 40-50% of the DC area having either been infected or vaccinated.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville. Liberty University (LU) at Lynchburg and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions at the beginning of February. I do not report on places like William and Mary (W&M) and VCU as they are located in or near major population centers.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 6,077 cases (5,961 last week) and 95 deaths (up 24 in the last four weeks), while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 6,280 cases (6,187 last week) and 102 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,771 cases (3,738 last week) and 53 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 5,176 cases (5,081 last week) and 76 deaths (up 28 in the last four weeks). This is where UVA is located.

For UVA (https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker), after peaking at 229 new cases on 2/16, they had imposed new restrictions. The number of cases dropped precipitously and they partially eased up the restrictions. This Monday (3/22) there were 11 new cases. It does show what can be done with quick reaction and actual lock-down procedures.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported 7,056 cases (6,986 last week) cases and 141 deaths (81 deaths these in the last nine weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 8,642 cases (8,460 last week) and 86 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

Note I to report the population, number of cases and number of deaths for each of these areas. This is because this is somewhat of a “laboratory-like” situation where you have four universities of 23K to 36K students located in rural areas of around 100K population. They do have different rates per capita in cases and in deaths.  

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,267 new cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,276 cases. Eight weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,948 cases (1,906 last week) and 8 deaths.

In general the number of cases from coronavirus remains the same as it was last week. It is still high and needs to come down further. This is weekly update number 50 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by 5,549 new cases. There were 5,774 new cases last week. Eight weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Nineteen weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 20K new cases reported for yesterday, the same as last week. The UK is actually bringing it under control for a change (5K yesterday). Its high was 68K new cases on 8 January. Yesterday they reported for France (36K), Spain (5K), Germany (18K) and Russia (9K). The U.S., which has never gotten the virus under control, had 54K new cases yesterday. This is about the same as last two weeks (55K and 57K) but an improvement from the high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (22 cases), Japan (1,142), South Korea (469), Taiwan (5 on 3/15), Vietnam (3), Singapore (11), Australia (17) and New Zealand (2).

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 cases thirty-seven weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 12:25 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….41,910.….42,730…….1,044
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..….13,481……13,729……….243
Alexandria VA……………160,530……10,468……10,643…..….129
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.…..67,945……69,041…….1,040
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.………360….…….370…………10
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..………501………..507…………16
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850……23,589……24,197…..….267

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011…….40,055……40,625………471
Manassas…………………..41,641..……..4,054……..4,089.………44
Manassas Park………….…17,307….…..1,129…..…1,145…….…12

Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……..9,715…..…9,858…….…69
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144…….1,798……..1,825…….…22
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……64,273……65,053……1,446
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……74,704……75,719…….1,356
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…..353,982….359,531…….6,169

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.72%. This last week there were 69 new fatalities reported out of 5,549 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 1.24%. The population known to have been infected is 6.70% or one confirmed case for every 15 people. The actual rate of infection may be higher, perhaps as much as four times higher.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville. Liberty University (LU) at Lynchburg and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions at the beginning of February. I do not report on places like William and Mary (W&M) and VCU as they are located in or near major population centers.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 5,961 cases (5,822 last week) and 95 deaths (up 24 in the last three weeks), while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 6,187 cases (6,135 last week) and 104 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,738 cases (3,679 last week) and 49 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 5,081 cases (4,979 last week) and 77 deaths (up 29 in the last three weeks). This is where UVA is located.

For UVA (https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker), after peaking at 229 new cases on 2/16, they had imposed new restrictions. The number of cases dropped precipitously and they partially eased up the restrictions. This Monday (3/15) there were only 3 new cases. It does show what can be done with quick reaction and actual lock-down procedures.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported 6,986 cases (6,948 last week) cases and 141 deaths (81 deaths these in the last eight weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 8,460 cases (8,133 last week) and 91 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,276 new cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,537 cases. Seven weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,906 cases (1,878 last week) and 8 deaths.

In general the number of cases from coronavirus remains the same as it was last week. It is still high and needs to come down further. This is weekly update number 49 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by 5,774 new cases. There were 5,255 new cases last week. Seven weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Eighteen weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 20K new cases reported for yesterday. The UK is actually bringing it under control for a change (6K yesterday). Its high was 68K new cases on 8 January. Yesterday they reported for France (23K), Spain (4K), Germany (7K) and Russia (9K). The U.S., which has never gotten the virus under control, had 57K new cases yesterday. This is about the same as last week (55K) but an improvement from the high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (26 cases), Japan (1,175), South Korea (470), Taiwan (1), Vietnam (2), Singapore (6), Australia (13) and New Zealand (1).

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 cases thirty-six weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 10:26 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….40,767……41,910…….1,037
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..…..13,215…..13,481…..…..240
Alexandria VA……………160,530…….10,352…..10,468………..127
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.……66,825…..67,945…….1,027
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.………..353………360….………9
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..………..492………501……..…16
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850…….23,183…..23,589……….260

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011……..39,472….40,055……….459
Manassas…………………..41,641..………4,010……4,054…………42
Manassas Park………….…17,307….……1,126……1,129…………12

Stafford Country, VA……..149,960………9,620……9,715…………68
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144……..1,785……1,798…………22
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……63,499…..64,273…….1,435
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……73,509…..74,704…….1,346
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…..348,208…353,982…….6,100

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.72%. This last week there were 193 new fatalities reported out of 5,774 new cases. This is the highest we have seen. This is a mortality rate of 3.34%, but this high figure is clearly a result of the declining infection rate while the mortality figures are lagged. The population known to have been infected is 6.60% or one confirmed case for every 15 people. The actual rate of infection may be higher, perhaps as much as four times higher.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions a the beginning of February.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 5,822 cases (5,733 last week) and 94 deaths (up 23 in the last two weeks), while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 6,135 cases (6,061 last week) and 101 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,679 cases (3,636 last week) and 46 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 4,979 cases (4,867 last week) and 74 deaths (up 26 in the last two weeks). This is where UVA is located.

UVA had good covid tracker website: https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker. Five weeks ago they recorded 82 new cases from Monday through Friday. Four weeks ago they recorded 238 new cases from Monday through Friday. Three weeks ago it was 737 new cases from Monday through Friday. Needless to say, they put in more stringent lock-down procedures, and  the number of cases have been in decline since a peak of 229 new cases on 2/16. Two weeks ago there were 186 new cases from Monday through Friday and this last week there were 34 new cases from Monday through Friday. They have now relaxed some of the lock down procedures. What is surprising about this is how rapidly it rose and how rapidly it declined. This Monday (3/8) there were only 6 new cases from a peak of 229 less than three weeks ago. It sort of shows what can be done with quick reaction and actual lock-down procedures.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported 6,948 cases (6,922 last week) cases and 141 deaths (81 deaths these in the last seven weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 8,133 cases (7,751 last week) and 89 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,537 cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,385 cases. Six weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,878 cases (1,862 last week) and 8 deaths.

Well, in general the number of cases from coronavirus has continued at a lower rate but we do not see a continual decline everywhere. It did decline locally, but not for all of the United States. It is still high and needs to come down further. This is weekly update number 48 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by only 5,255 new cases. There were 5,977 new cases last week. Six weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Seventeen weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 17K new cases reported for yesterday.  The UK is actually bringing it under control for a change (6K yesterday). Its high was 68K new cases on 8 January. Yesterday they reported for France (23K), Spain (16K on 3/1), Germany (6K) and Russia (10K). The U.S., which has never gotten the virus under control, had 55K new cases yesterday. This is improvement from last week (71K) and an improvement from the high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (23 cases), Japan (922), South Korea (444), Taiwan (1 on 2/28), Vietnam (11), Singapore (8), Australia (2) and New Zealand (2). Still, the number of new cases is down almost everywhere, which is good news.

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 cases thirty-five weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 9:25 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….39,844….40,767……..1,019
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..…..12,974….13,215………..232
Alexandria VA……………160,530…….10,229….10,352………..120
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.……65,718….66,825………..956
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.……….342……….353…………..8
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..……….482………492…………13
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850…….22,816…..23,183………246

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011…….38,920…..39,472………424
Manassas…………………..41,641..……..3,971…….4,010……….40
Manassas Park………….…17,307….…..1,116……..1,126……….11

Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……..9,418…..…9,620………68
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144…….1,747……..1,785………21
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……62,767…….63,499….1,418
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……72,609…….73,509….1,331
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…..342,953…..348,208….5,907

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.70%. This last week there were 265 new fatalities reported out of 5,255 new cases. This is the highest we have seen. This is a mortality rate of 5.04%, but the high figure is clearly a result of the declining infection rate while the mortality figures are lagged. The population known to have been infected is 6.49% or one confirmed case for every 15 people. The actual rate of infection may be higher, perhaps as much as 4 times higher.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions a the beginning of February.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 5,733 cases (5,652 last week) and 85 deaths (up 14 from last week), while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 6,061 cases (5,991 last week) and 93 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,636 cases (3,529 last week) and 47 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 4,867 cases (4,759 last week) and 62 deaths (up 14 from last week). This is where UVA is located.

UVA had good covid tracker website: https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker. Four weeks ago they recorded 82 new cases from Monday through Friday. Three weeks ago they recorded 238 new cases from Monday through Friday. Two weeks ago it was 737 new cases from Monday through Friday. Needless to say, they put in more stringent lock-down procedures, and  the number of cases have been in decline since a peak of 229 new cases on 2/16. This lasts week there were 186 new cases from Monday through Friday. They have now relaxed some of the lock down procedures. What is surprising about this is how rapidly is rose and how rapidly it declined. This Monday (3/1) there were only 13 new cases from a peak of 229 less than two weeks ago. It sort of shows what can be done with quick reaction and actual lock-down procedures. Needless to say, I am not too impressed with what they are doing in Texas right now.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported  6,922 cases (6,867 last week) cases and 125 deaths (65 deaths these last six weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 7,751 cases (7,478 last week) and 80 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,385 cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,769 cases. Five weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,862 cases (1,838 last week) and 8 deaths.

Well, in general the number of cases and deaths from coronavirus has continued at a lower rate but we do not see a continual decline everywhere. It did decline locally, but not for all of the United States. It is still high and needs to come down further. This is weekly update number 47 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by only 5,977 new cases. There were 7,566 new cases last week. Five weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Sixteen weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases. We still look to be about six months way from having a vaccine available for everyone as this process is going a little slower than it should (in my opinion).

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 10K new cases reported for yesterday.  It remains high in the UK (10K yesterday) although it has dropped from its high of 68K new cases a day on 8 January. Yesterday they reported for France (20K), Spain (7K), Germany (6K) and Russia (12K). The U.S., which has never gotten the virus under control, had 71K new cases yesterday. This is improvement for a high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (23 cases), Japan (1,103), South Korea (439), Taiwan (1 on 2/20), Vietnam (11), Singapore (14 on 2/19), Australia (2) and New Zealand (2). Still, the number of new cases is down almost everywhere, which is good news.

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 cases thirty-four weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 12:23 PM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….39,180……39,844…..998
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..…..12,684……12,974…..217
Alexandria VA……………160,530…….10,056……10,229…..110
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.……64,355……65,718…..880
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.……….331……….342……….7
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..……….468……….482……..13
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850…….22,351……22,816…..207

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011…….38,197…….38,920….368
Manassas…………………..41,641..……..3,930………3,971……36
Manassas Park………….…17,307….…..1,110….…..1,116……..8
Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……..9,252….…..9,418……65
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144…….1,718….…..1,747…….19
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……61,942…….62,767..1,399
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……71,402…….72,609..1,314
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425….336,976…..342,953…5,642.

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.65%. This last week there were 181 new fatalities reported out of 5,977 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 3.03%, but the higher figure is clearly a result of the declining infection rate while the mortality figures are lagged. The population known to have been infected is 6.39% or one confirmed case for every 16 people. The actual rate of infection has been higher, perhaps as much as 4 times higher.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions a the beginning of February.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 5,652 cases (5,591 last week) and 71 deaths, while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 5,991 cases (5,934 last week) and 86 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has reported 3,529 cases (3,168 last week) and 41 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has reported 4,759 cases (4,319 last week) and 48 deaths. This is where UVA is located. UVA had good covid tracker website: https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker. Three weeks ago they recorded 82 new case from Monday through Friday. Two weeks ago they recorded 238 new cases from Monday through Friday. Last week it was 737 new cases from Monday through Friday. Needless to say, they have put in more stringent lock-down procedures as the number of cases have been in decline since a peak of 229 new cases on 2/16. A number of students are blaming this spike on the fraternities conducing “rush.” This has now resulted in increased restrictions for everyone. There is a lesson in here somewhere.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has reported  6,867 cases (6,787 last week) cases and 105 deaths (45 deaths these last five weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has reported 7,478 cases (7,035 last week) and 73 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,769 cases yesterday. Last week it as 1,770 cases. Four weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,838 cases (1,820 last week) and 8 deaths. With summer over, not sure why this continues to grow. It is growing a lot faster than during the summer.

Well, in general the number of cases and deaths from coronavirus has declined and seems to be in continual decline: locally, in the United States, and internationally. Still, it is high and needs to come down further. This is weekly update number 46 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by only 7,566 new cases. There were 10,871 new cases last week. Four weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Fifteen weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases. We still look to be about six months way from having a vaccine available for everyone as this process is going a little slower than it should (in my opinion).

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 10K new cases reported for yesterday.  It remains high in the UK (11K yesterday) although it continues to drop from its high of 68K new cases a day on 8 January. Yesterday they reported for France (20K), Spain (10K), Germany (6K) and Russia (13K). The U.S., which has never gotten the virus under control, had 62K new cases yesterday. This is improvement for a high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (15 cases), Japan (1,810), South Korea (621), Taiwan (1 on 2/12), Vietnam (42), Singapore (9 on 2/15), Australia (6) and New Zealand (3). Still, the number of new cases is down almost everywhere, which is good news. 

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 cases thirty-three weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 11:22 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….38,438….…39,180……..985
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..…..12,364……12,684……..210
Alexandria VA……………160,530………9,798……10,056……..104
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.……62,445…….64,355…….834
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.……….318…………331……..…7
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..……….448…………468……….12
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850……21,808……..22,351…….195

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011……37,184….….38,197…….328
Manassas…………………..41,641..…….3,866………3,930………33
Manassas Park………….…17,307….….1,101……….1,110…….…8
Stafford Country, VA……..149,960……..8,727……….9,252……..54
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144…….1,668……….1,718……..14
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567…..61,001.……..61,942…1,382
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308…..70,244..…….71,402…1,294
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425….329,410…….336,976…5,460

 

This is a 2% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.62%. This last week, there were 183 new fatalities reported out of 7,566 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 2.42%, but the higher figure is clearly a result of the declining infection rate while the mortality figures are lagged. The population known to have been infected is 6.28% or one confirmed case for every 16 people. The actual rate of infection has been higher, perhaps as much as 4 times higher.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions a the beginning of February.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 5,591 cases (5,504 last week) and 68 deaths, while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 5,934 cases (5,796 last week) and 77 deaths. This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has 3,168 cases (2,883 last week) and 40 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has 4,319 cases (4,132 last week) and 39 deaths. This is where UVA is located. UVA had good covid tracker website: https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker.  They are showing an increase in new case, with there being 40 to 56 new cases a day last week and there being 117 new cases on 2/15. They have increased restrictions on campus in response.

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has 6,787 cases (6,581 last week) cases and 89 deaths (29 deaths these last four weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has 7,035 cases (6,685 last week) and 71 deaths. This is where Virginia Tech is located.

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 1,770 cases yesterday. Last week is as  3,291 cases. Three weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,820 cases (1,776 last week) and 8 deaths. With summer over, not sure why this continues to grow. It is growing a lot faster than during the summer.

The number of cases and deaths from coronavirus has declined but is still very high. This is weekly update number 45 on the coronavirus in the DC area.

This week the D.C area (pop. 5.4 million) increased by 10,871. There were 11,498 new cases last week. Three weeks ago it was 18,934 new cases. Fourteen weeks ago there were only 4,256 new cases. We look to be about six months way from having a vaccine available for everyone.

Almost all of Europe is still struggling with controlling the spread of the disease. Italy (pop. 60.3 million), the original epicenter of the European outbreak, is still struggling with 11K new cases reported for yesterday.  It remains high in the UK (12K yesterday) although it continues to drop from its high of 68K new cases a day on 8 January. Yesterday they reported for France (19K), Spain (16K), Germany (6K) and Russia (15K). The U.S., which has never gotten the virus under control, had 95K new cases yesterday. This is improvement for a high of 300K new cases on 2 January. This is in contrast to places like China (40 cases), Japan (1,558), South Korea (443), Taiwan (5), Vietnam (14), Singapore (11), Australia (11) and New Zealand (2). Still, the number of new cases is down almost everywhere, which is good news. 

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 cases thirty-two weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 11:22 AM: Johns Hopkins CSSE

……………………..….Population…last week…this week…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445…….37,199……38,438…….965
Arlington, VA……………..237,521..…..11,867……12,364…….209
Alexandria VA……………160,530………9,544……..9,798…….105
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795.……60,265……62,445…….721
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772.…….…296………..318…….…7
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574..….……437………..448……..12
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850….…20,791……21,808…….191

Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011……..35,693…..37,184….…327
Manassas…………………..41,641..………3,753……3,866……….33
Manassas Park………….…17,307….……1,073……1,101…………8
Stafford Country, VA……..149,960….……8,123……8,727……….53
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144………1,569……1,668……….14
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……..59,439…..61,001.…1,360
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……..68,490….70,244..…1,272
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425…….318,539..329,410.….5,277

 

This is a 3% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 1.60%. This last week, there were 65 new fatalities reported out of 10,871 new cases. This is a mortality rate of 0.60%. The population known to have been infected is 6.14% or one confirmed case for every 16 people. The actual rate of infection has been higher, perhaps as much as 4 times higher.

Virginia has a number of large universities (23,000 – 36,000 students) located in more rural areas, often tied to a small town. This includes James Madison (JMU) at Harrisonburg, University of Virginia (UVA) at Charlottesville and Virginia Tech (VT) at Blacksburg. Most of them were emptied out due to Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas holidays. Most of these universities went back in session in mid-January, except for UVA, which started its sessions last week.

Harrisonburg, VA (pop. 54K) is reporting 5,504 cases (5,364 last week) and 67 deaths (up 19 these last four weeks!), while Rockingham County (pop. 81K), where the town resides, is reporting 5,796 cases (5,589 last week) and 76 deaths (up 22 these last four weeks!). This is where James Madison University is located.

Charlottesville, VA (pop. 47K) has 2,883 cases (2,752 last week) and 40 deaths, while Albemarle County, VA (pop. 109K), where the town resides, has 4,132 cases (3,966 last week) and 39 deaths. This is where UVA is located. UVA had good covid tracker website: https://returntogrounds.virginia.edu/covid-tracker.  

Lynchburg (pop. 82K), the home of Liberty University, has 6,581 cases (6,279 last week) cases and 85 deaths (25 deaths these last three weeks).

Further south, Montgomery County, VA (pop. 99K) has 6,685 cases (6,414 last week) and 70 deaths (up 22 these last four weeks!). This is where Virginia Tech is located.

Virginia (pop. 8.5 million) had 3,291 cases yesterday. Last week is as  2,740 cases. Two weeks ago it was 4,707. For a long time, it pretty much ran 1,000 cases a day, neither going up or going down.

Dare County, North Carolina (pop. 37K), a beach area in the outer banks, has 1,776 cases (1,701 last week) and 7 deaths. With summer over, not sure why this continues to grow. It is growing a lot faster than during the summer.