TJHD Testing 2 7/16 — Virginia Department of Health

RICHMOND — The Virginia Department of Health reported Thursday that the statewide total for COVID-19 cases is 74,431 — an increase of 904 from the 73,527 reported Wednesday.

The 74,431 cases consist of 71,570 confirmed cases and 2,861 probable cases. There are 2,007 COVID-19 deaths in Virginia — 1,903 confirmed and 104 probable. That’s an increase of 15 from the 1,992 reported Wednesday.

State update 7/16 — Virginia Department of Health

Locally, the Thomas Jefferson Health District reported that today's dashboard does not include case numbers for the past 24 hours, because case numbers were not updated in time to be reflected in the data update. 1,312 cases have been reported since March 17.

Instead, the TJHD tweeted out today's case numbers. Seven new cases were diagnosed in Charlottesville, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 325. Albemarle County reported four new cases, for a cumulative total of 587 cases. Louisa County reported two new cases, for a total of 145 cases. Fluvanna County reported one new case, for a total of 140 reported cases.

Nelson and Greene Counties did not report any new diagnoses. Their cumulative totals sit at 27 and 88 cases, respectively.

The VDH defines probable COVID-19 cases as people who are symptomatic with a known exposure to COVID-19, but whose cases have not been confirmed with a positive test.

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TJHD's COVID-19 cases increase by 14; statewide deaths surpass 2,000