Another Alexandria resident has died from COVID-19, and there are now 462 cases of COVID-19 in Alexandria, an increase of 41 cases since yesterday.
There are now 11 fatalities due to the coronavirus in the city. The Alexandria Health Department will not release any information on the fatalities.
Two more people have died in Alexandria due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll from the virus to 10.
The city now has 421 positive or probable cases of the virus, an addition of 38 new cases, which is the biggest surge since the first case was announced on March 11, according to a city announcement.
The Alexandria Health Department is now conducting virtual restaurant inspections for the first time, and the department’s environmental health manager estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic has closed half of the city’s 860 permitted food establishments.
“We’re touching base with all of our restaurants and focusing very much on employee health, obviously, with a COVID-19 focus,” Rachel Stradling said. “We’re doing that so that we can keep in touch and keep up with our infection work.”
Another Alexandria resident has died of COVID-19, bringing the number of fatalities to eight, and there are also 29 new cases in the city, according to a city announcement.
There are now 383 cases of COVID-19 in Alexandria, including the eight fatalities.
Alexandria now has 354 new cases of COVID-19, an increase of 33 cases since yesterday, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
There are no reports of additional fatalities, and so far seven people have died from the virus in the city.
There are now 321 cases of COVID-19 in Alexandria, an increase of 18 cases since yesterday.
There were no COVID-19-related deaths in the city today, and the number of fatalities is still at seven.
Another person has died in Alexandria due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to seven, and the city broke the 300 case mark with 30 new cases.
Alexandria now has 303 positive cases in Alexandria, including the seven fatalities, according to the city’s daily announcement.
Two more people have died of COVID-119 in Alexandria, bringing the death toll to six, according to the city’s daily announcement.
There are also 26 new positive cases of the virus in the city, bringing the total to 273 cases (including the fatalities). There have been 229 new cases in April alone.
Updated 4:15 p.m. — As weeks drag into months and the coronavirus pandemic seems no closer to closure, Alexandria officials are trying to pin down what it will take for life in the city to go back to normal.
Dr. Stephen Haering, Director of the Alexandria Health Department, said reopening will require multiple criteria to be met.
Two more Alexandrians have died of COVID-19, the city announced on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths to four.
There are also seven new positive cases of the virus, putting the total at 248 in the city (including the four fatalities). The city’s health department is not releasing any information on the fatalities unless there is “a public health need to do so.”
Exactly one week after its first, Alexandria now has a second coronavirus fatality.
The city announced in a daily update that 16 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Alexandria and one additional fatality, bringing to the total number of cases to 241, including both fatalities.
