RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reported 19,492 total positive COVID-19 tests, 684 deaths and 2,700 hospitalizations throughout the state Monday.
So far, 122,788 Virginians have now been tested for the virus.
The Virginia Department of Health announced it will now count the number of positive virus tests instead of the number of people who test positive.
That means if one person is tested three-times and all three tests come back positive, it counts as three instead of how the numbers were being counted before, which would have only been one because it was a single patient.
Central VA Case Highlights:
- Henrico: 964 cases, 137 hospitalizations, 105 deaths
- Chesterfield: 601 cases, 51 hospitalizations, 24 deaths
- Richmond: 419 cases, 72 hospitalizations, 16 deaths
- Hanover: 141 cases, 33 hospitalizations, 12 deaths
- Goochland: 80 cases, 11 hospitalizations, 5 deaths
- Petersburg: 39 cases, 15 hospitalizations, 2 deaths
The numbers reported by the Virginia Health Department are only updated once a day.