Latest weekly update of this coronavirus post. The number of cases has finally started to decrease again, after increasing over the last month. This week there were 3,672 new cases. It was 4,077 new cases last week. In contrast, Italy, the epicenter of the European outbreak, is reporting 190 cases yesterday.
The number of reported cases in the DC area was hovering around 8,000 to 9,500 a week for several months, then declined to a low of 2,406 five weeks ago. It has since increased. All the data is from the Johns Hopkin’s website as of 11:37:27 PM: Johns Hopkins CSSE
……………………..….Population…last week…this week.…Deaths
Washington D.C…….…..702,445……..11,999……12,443……587
Arlington, VA……………..237,521………2,857……..2,997……135
Alexandria VA……………160,530………2,759……..2,872….…60
Fairfax County, VA…….1,150,795……..15,570……16,019……530
Falls Church, VA…………..14,772………….54………….59………5
Fairfax City, VA……..…..…24,574.…………79…………..82………7
Loudoun County, VA….…406,850..…….4,956………5,117……113
Prince Williams C., VA…..468,011..….…8,724………9,139…..175
Manassas…………………..41,641……..1,586………1,620…….20
Manassas Park………….…17,307..………493…………505………7
Stafford Country, VA……..149,960………1,227……..1,300…..…8
Fredericksburg, VA…………29,144.….……340………..380…..…3
Montgomery C., MD…….1,052,567……17,305……17,976…..794
Prince Georges C., MD.…..909,308……22,044……23,156……746
Total……….…….….……..5,365,425……89,993…….93,665…3,190
This is a 4% increase since last week. The Mortality Rate for the area is 3.54%, which is high. The population known to have been infected is 1.75% or one confirmed case for every 57 people.
Also, of interest to me is Albemarle County, VA with 791 confirmed cases (724 last week) and 16 deaths, and Charlottesville, VA which has 504 confirmed cases (443 last week) and 13 deaths. Montgomery County, VA has 291 cases this week (260 last week) and 3 deaths. Of course, who knows what will happen when you bring in tens of thousands of students in the fall. These two areas are the home of UVA (Charlottesville) and Virginia Tech (Blacksburg), two large universities located in a more rural environment. UVA yesterday announced they were delaying the movement of students into the dorms from 19 August until 8 September.
Dare County, North Carolina, a beach area in the outer banks, has 202 cases (187 last week) and 2 deaths. The number of cases in all these areas is growing at a worrisome rate. Virginia itself is not doing well, running around a thousand new cases a day right now.
Below are the daily graphs for the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland:
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