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Virginia Jan. 25 COVID-19 update: 6,172 new cases after days of below average reporting, nearly all of Hampton Roads in 1b

Brian Reese

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia reported 6,172 new coronavirus cases on Monday, a disappointing development after about a week of lower than average cases. Those recent days may have made it seem like Virginia’s cases were plateauing or going down overall .

Monday’s increase could be due to some lag in reporting, but it appears Virginia will continue to see cases go up until about mid-February, according to the health department’s model through the University of Virginia. New coronavirus variants could change that projection however, with another version of the UVA model accounting for the variants showing cases increasing through April.


Statewide numbers

Deaths are continuing to climb overall (49 per day), though reporting was low on Monday with 3 deaths. Hospitalizations have also gone down slightly recently, but remain high.

Meanwhile vaccine supply from the federal government to Virginia is not expected to increase much from the current 110,000 per week allotment until March. Hampton Roads overall has started 1b vaccinations, but again the supply is very limited. Portsmouth was the only health district in the commonwealth not in 1b as of Monday, but was expected to start on Tuesday.

It’s clear many more people are expected to get infected with the coronavirus in the coming months before vaccinations really start to made a major impact.

Nationwide, cases and hospitalizations have been down (mirroring Virginia’s metrics in ways), but the U.S. is still reporting 3,000-plus deaths per day.

Local cases

Positivity rates and overall virus levels have dropped almost across the board in the region, but still remain high.

Key local metrics

Test positivity (Sunday’s numbers)

Click here to view more coronavirus data from the Virginia Department of Health.