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March 17, 2021
Virginia sees 1,327 new coronavirus cases, now reporting 598,468 statewide
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March 17, 2021As of March 17, Virginia is reporting 598,468 cases of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March 2020.
As of Wednesday, a total of 2,810,928 vaccines have been administered across Virginia, with 1,036,399 people being fully vaccinated, according to VDH.
Here’s a breakdown of the 1,276 new cases reported on Tuesday:
|
Locality |
Day’s New Cases |
|---|---|
| Fairfax County | 115 |
| Prince William County | 93 |
| Virginia Beach | 93 |
| Loudoun County | 85 |
| Henrico County | 73 |
| Chesterfield County | 69 |
| Newport News | 59 |
| Chesapeake | 54 |
| Norfolk | 52 |
| Richmond City | 41 |
| Hanover County | 37 |
| Hampton | 33 |
| Arlington County | 32 |
| Wythe County | 32 |
| Fauquier County | 26 |
| Lynchburg | 25 |
| Williamsburg | 24 |
| Stafford County | 23 |
| Spotsylvania County | 22 |
| Frederick County | 20 |
| Portsmouth | 20 |
| York County | 19 |
| Bedford County | 18 |
| Suffolk | 17 |
| Hopewell | 14 |
| Roanoke County | 13 |
| Prince George County | 13 |
| Petersburg | 13 |
| Alexandria | 12 |
| Mecklenburg County | 12 |
| Washington County | 12 |
| Caroline County | 11 |
| Pittsylvania County | 10 |
| Smyth County | 10 |
| Warren County | 9 |
| Montgomery County | 8 |
| Carroll County | 8 |
| Culpeper County | 8 |
| Roanoke City | 7 |
| Wise County | 7 |
| Albemarle County | 7 |
| Fredericksburg | 7 |
| Gloucester County | 6 |
| Pulaski County | 6 |
| Botetourt County | 6 |
| Scott County | 6 |
| Fluvanna County | 6 |
| Northampton County | 6 |
| Henry County | 6 |
| Tazewell County | 5 |
| Franklin County | 5 |
| Winchester | 5 |
| Charlottesville | 5 |
| Orange County | 5 |
| Dinwiddie County | 5 |
| Louisa County | 5 |
| Bristol | 5 |
| Accomack County | 5 |
| Isle of Wight County | 4 |
| Harrisonburg | 4 |
| Poquoson | 4 |
| King William County | 4 |
| Southampton County | 4 |
| Buckingham County | 4 |
| Manassas | 4 |
| Augusta County | 3 |
| Greene County | 3 |
| Halifax County | 3 |
| Powhatan County | 3 |
| Radford | 3 |
| Giles County | 3 |
| Dickenson County | 3 |
| King and Queen County | 3 |
| Brunswick County | 3 |
| Russell County | 2 |
| Shenandoah County | 2 |
| Colonial Heights | 2 |
| Westmoreland County | 2 |
| Goochland County | 2 |
| Essex County | 2 |
| Floyd County | 2 |
| Campbell County | 2 |
| Northumberland County | 2 |
| Greensville County | 2 |
| Franklin City | 2 |
| Lee County | 2 |
| Page County | 2 |
| New Kent County | 1 |
| Waynesboro | 1 |
| Amherst County | 1 |
| Clarke County | 1 |
| Charles City County | 1 |
| Manassas Park | 1 |
| Nelson County | 1 |
| Amelia County | 1 |
| Emporia | 1 |
| Martinsville | 1 |
| Lunenburg County | 1 |
| Mathews County | 1 |
| Cumberland County | 1 |
| Bland County | 1 |
| Danville | 1 |
| James City County | 0 |
| Galax | 0 |
| Grayson County | 0 |
| King George County | 0 |
| Nottoway County | 0 |
| Fairfax City | 0 |
| Madison County | 0 |
| Patrick County | 0 |
| Middlesex County | 0 |
| Rappahannock County | 0 |
| Craig County | 0 |
| Charlotte County | 0 |
| Prince Edward County | 0 |
| Norton | 0 |
| Buchanan County | 0 |
| Rockbridge County | 0 |
| Sussex County | 0 |
| Bath County | 0 |
| Lancaster County | 0 |
| Highland County | 0 |
| Surry County | 0 |
| Covington | 0 |
| Buena Vista | 0 |
| Rockingham County | -1 |
| Appomattox County | -1 |
| Alleghany County | -1 |
| Falls Church | -2 |
| Lexington | -2 |
| Richmond County | -2 |
| Staunton | -2 |
| Salem | -3 |
According to the health department, decreases in cases can be attributed to a person getting tested in a different locality than where they live or the automation process for electronically reported lab results may attach the wrong jurisdiction for a particular zip code.
As of Wednesday, the Virginia Dept. of Health reports there have been 8,000,482 total testing encounters.
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