ALIVE! gave out 90,000 pounds of food to hungry Alexandrians in the month of April, and will conduct it’s next mass food distribution on Saturday, May 30.
“That’s three times our monthly average,” ALIVE! Executive Director Jennifer Ayers told ALXnow.
Another Alexandria resident has died of COVID-19, and there are now 1305 cases, an increase of 35 cases since yesterday.
There are now 31 fatalities related to the virus, but the Virginia Department of Health did not update any of its demographic data for Alexandria and sex, age, racial and ethnic and ZIP code data.
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During the worst part of his infection with the coronavirus, David Posey had a fever of about 102.8 degrees and hoped he wouldn’t die in his sleep.
The Del Ray resident has recovered from a COVID-19 infection, but only found out he was infected after the fact.
There are now 1,240 cases of COVID-19 in Alexandria, an increase of 16 new or probable case since yesterday.
No new deaths have been announced and there have been 30 fatalities due to the virus in the city. Additionally, the city’s Hispanic population leads with positive cases at 553 and four reported deaths.
There are now 1,224 cases of COVID-19 in Alexandria, an increase of 31 new or probable case since yesterday.
No new deaths have been announced and there have been 30 fatalities due to the virus in the city. Additionally, the city’s Hispanic population leads with positive cases at 533 and four reported deaths.
There are now 1,193 cases of COVID-19 in Alexandria, an increase of 51 new or probable case since yesterday.
No new deaths have been announced and there have been 30 fatalities due to the virus in the city. Additionally, the city’s Hispanic population now leads with positive cases at 515 and four reported deaths.
An Alexandria woman in her 70s has died of COVID-19 and there is an increase of 32 positive or probable cases in the city since yesterday.
There are now 30 coronavirus-related deaths and 1,142 cases in Alexandria, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
There are now 1,110 probable and positive cases of COVID-19 in Alexandria, an increase of 50 cases since yesterday. No new deaths have been reported since yesterday, and fatalities from the virus remain at 29.
Most fatalities related to the virus have been people over the age of 50, although the highest numbers of those infected are in their 30s and 40s. There has been one death of a person in their 20s. The three most recent deaths were three women in their 80s (two white women, one black/African American woman).
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday delivered personal protective equipment to the Woodbine Rehabilitative and Health Center in Alexandria — the first installment of PPE that Pence says will be delivered to 15,400 nursing homes around the country.
Pence and his staff, in addition to Woodbine administrators, were not wearing protective face coverings for the visit and spoke within six feet of administrators. Pence did not step foot inside the facility, which has reported a number of symptomatic COVID-19 patients.
Three more people have died of COVID-19 in Alexandria and the city has breached the 1,000 case mark.
There are now 29 coronavirus-related deaths in Alexandria and 1,060 cases since May 5, according to the Virginia Department of Health. An update on health data was not available yesterday, as VDH reported a glitch on its website and the daily figures were not updated.
