Virginia sees 1,584 new cases of coronavirus, and now reports 329,577 statewide

RICHMOND, Va. – As of December 26, Virginia has reported 329,577 cases of the commonwealth coronavirus as of March.

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The total of 329,577 cases on Saturday is an increase from the total of 327,933 cases on Friday.

Here’s a rundown of Friday’s 1,584 new cases:

• 172 new cases in Prince William County
• 161 new cases in Loudoun County
• 94 new cases in Henrico County
• 66 new cases in Hanover County
• 60 new cases in Tazewell County
• 56 new cases in Richmond
• 49 new cases in Chesterfield County
• 47 new cases in Norfolk
• 43 new cases in Frederick County
• 40 new cases in Roanoke County
• 36 new cases in Campbell County
• 35 new cases in Lynchburg
• 34 new cases in Pittsylvania County
• 32 new cases in Bedford County
• 26 new cases in Wise County
• 25 new cases in Chesapeake, Shenandoah County, and Henry County
• 24 new cases in Virginia Beach
• 18 new cases in Spotsylvania County
• 17 new cases in Roanoke and Manassas
• 16 new cases in Warren County
• 15 new cases in Amherst County and Winchester
• 13 new cases in Danville
• 12 new cases in Waynesboro, Salem, Appomattox County, and New Kent County
• 11 new cases in Fairfax County, Rockingham County, Portsmouth, Franklin County, Lee County, Halifax County, Goochland County, and Prince George County
• 10 new cases in Augusta County, Martinsville, and Mecklenburg County
• 9 new cases in Culpeper County, Botetourt County, Scott County, and Lancaster County
• 7 new cases in Newport News
• 6 new cases in Harrisonburg, Fauquier County, Caroline County, Manassas Park and Petersburg
• 5 new cases in Alleghany County, King William County, Patrick County, and Northumberland County
• 4 new cases in Richmond County, James City County, Lexington, Gloucester County, Clarke County, Brunswick County, Craig County, and Covington
• 3 new cases in Stafford County, Suffolk, Montgomery County, Powhatan County, Isle of Wight County, Orange County, Wythe County, Buckingham County, Dickenson County, Norton, Middlesex County, and Hopewell
• 2 new cases in Lunenburg County, Prince Edward County, Russell County, King George County, Page County, Radford, Greensville County, Westmoreland County, Mathews County, Dinwiddie County, and Sussex County
• 1 new case in Staunton, Pulaski County, Albemarle County, Charlottesville, Giles County, Buchanan County, Franklin, Floyd County, Bristol, York County, Charles City County, Highland County, Essex County and Emporia

As of Saturday, the Virginia Dept. of Health reported a total of 4,911,294 test meetings.

The term “testing encounters” includes individuals who have been tested more than once because of their occupation, risky status, or need for a negative result to return to work. The health department started using this statistic on May 1. Click here for more information.