RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC): Aquí está la última actualización del Departamento de Salud de Virginia.
Los casos diarios de coronavirus siguen siendo altos. El miércoles, VDH informó 2.071 nuevos casos. La tasa de positividad del estado es del 7.1 por ciento.
El gobernador de Virginia, Ralph Northam, ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa el miércoles por la tarde después de endurecer las restricciones al coronavirus en el Commonwealth la semana pasada.
Durante sus últimas conferencias de prensa, el gobernador expresó su preocupación por el aumento de casos de COVID-19 debido a pequeñas reuniones en el suroeste de Virginia. La oficina de Northam dijo que los casos en Virginia son comparativamente bajos, pero las pruebas positivas y las hospitalizaciones están aumentando en los cinco distritos de salud.
Pfizer anunció más resultados en su estudio en curso sobre la vacuna contra el coronavirus que sugiere que las inyecciones tienen una efectividad del 95%.
La compañía dice que la vacuna parece proteger a las personas mayores con mayor riesgo de morir por COVID-19. El anuncio sorpresa, solo una semana después de que revelara por primera vez resultados preliminares prometedores, se produce cuando la compañía se prepara en unos días para solicitar formalmente a los reguladores estadounidenses que permitan el uso de emergencia de la vacuna.
PRUEBAS DE COVID-19 GRATIS EN TU AREA
RICHMOND
- Tuesday, November 24 — Walmsley UMC, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
CHESTERFIELD
- Wednesday, November 18 — St. Augustine Catholic Church, 11 a.m.
- Thursday, November 19 — Faith and Family Center, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Fridays, November 20 — Second Baptist Church, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Saturday, November 21 — Chesterfield Health Department Smith-Wagner Building Multi-Purpose Room, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Mondays, November 23, and 30 — Second Baptist Church, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- Monday, November 23 — East Henrico Health Department, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
PETERSBURG
- Wednesday, November 18 — Petersburg Public Library, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
CASOS LOCALES DE COVID-19
- Charles City County: 276 cases, 9 deaths
- Chesterfield County: 15,425 cases, 191 deaths
- City of Colonial Heights: 758 cases, 30 deaths
- City of Hopewell: 1,158 cases, 12 deaths
- City of Petersburg: 1,811 cases, 35 deaths
- City of Richmond: 10,915 cases, 118 deaths
- Dinwiddie County: 1,153 cases, 17 deaths
- Goochland County: 814 cases, 7 deaths
- Hanover County: 4,921 cases, 83 deaths
- Henrico County: 15,231 cases, 313 deaths
- New Kent County: 843 cases, 7 death
- Powhatan County: 1,086 cases, 6 deaths
- The CDC said it is about 50% more contagious than the virus that is causing the bulk of cases in this country so far.
- New Jersey made millions of people eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including smokers, a move that prompted gripes about them skipping to the front of the inoculation line.
- Almost 3,000 people have signed a petition calling for Chesterfield County Public Schools to reconsider their decision to allow elementary schools to resume full-time in-person learning on Feb. 1. The petition, organized by parents, is a call to protect teachers.
- Today, Virginia State University welcomed students back to campus with new safety measures in place. The university is just one of several colleges implementing procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
- Thousands of registrations for the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine event at Richmond Raceway have been canceled after people who were not eligible for the event received a signup link in error and used it to register for the vaccine.
- The coronavirus vaccines have been rolled out unevenly across the U.S., but four states in the Deep South have had particularly dismal inoculation rates that have alarmed health experts and frustrated residents.
- Many states and counties ask people to make appointments online, but glitchy websites, overwhelmed phone lines and a patchwork of fast-changing rules are bedeviling older people who are often less tech-savvy, may live far from vaccination sites and are more likely to not have internet access at all, especially people of color and those who […]
- The global death toll from COIVID-19 topped 2 million Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish the threat.
- Some have complained that people from outside of the county are taking up appointment slots in Hillsborough County.
- COVID-19 related deaths in the Commonwealth have increased by 15, bringing the total number of Virginians who have lost their lives to 5,656.
