Three Rivers Pandemic Update
Pandemic status: New case rates across the US are rising again
Case numbers across the United States are rising slowly; the current case rate in the US is about 70,000/day 7 day rolling average. 25 states now report increasing case rates. Case rates across many European countries continue to increase.
Virginia is almost stable, our case rate is about 1400/day 7 day average.
Three Rivers has improved; our new case rate is averaging about 20 new cases/day, 7 day average.
There is agreement among public health authorities nationally that we are experiencing another pandemic surge.
In Virginia, about 33% of us have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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Three Rivers Health District COVID 19 Update
Pandemic status: New case numbers continue to drop
Case numbers across most states have dropped, but the new case count in the US is still about 150,000 per day.
Virginia is improving, new case rate is down to 4600/day average.
Three Rivers is at 65-70 new cases/day, which is a small improvement.
Our hospital systems remain fully capable and are not in danger of being overwhelmed.
Vaccination Program Update: Expect major delays
This vaccination program will take many months, we expect it will be many weeks before everyone currently eligible and signed up can get an appointment
Three Rivers Health District COVID 19 Update
Pandemic status: New case numbers are dropping
The rolling 7-day average new case count in the United States is down to about 180,000. There have been over 25 million documented cases of COVID 19 in the United States, and we have had over 419,000 deaths. The trend is improving in many states.
In Virginia, the 7-day moving average of cases by date reported has decreased to 4735; the 7-day average percent test positivity has improved to 12.7%. Community transmission extent in all regions of Virginia remains substantial (high). The moving 7-day average of people hospitalized for COVID 19, a lagging indicator, is over 3022. We still have adequate hospital and ICU capability across the state at this time; ICU occupancy is 83% and 35% of ventilators are in use.