VDH: Total coronavirus cases top 14,000, deaths reach 492 as of Tuesday

by: WFXRtv.com Digital Desk

Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 08:57 AM EDT / Updated: Apr 28, 2020 / 06:49 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reported a total of 14,339 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 492 confirmed and probable virus-related deaths across the Commonwealth on Tuesday morning, which is 804 more cases and 34 more deaths than Monday.

Virginia health officials confirmed 13,794 cases and 487 deaths are related to the virus. However, 545 cases and five deaths are still reported as “probable.”

Health officials reported 804 new COVID-19 cases and 34 new virus-related deaths around Virginia on Tuesday, April 28. (Photo: Courtesy Virginia Department of Health)

According to VDH‘s tally on Tuesday, April 28, more than 450 of these coronavirus patients are from the following localities in southwest and central Virginia:

Alleghany County: 5 cases and 4 hospitalizations
Amherst County: 9 cases and 1 hospitalization
Appomattox County: 17 cases
Bedford County: 25 cases and 1 hospitalization
Botetourt County: 27 cases, 9 hospitalizations, and 3 deaths
Buena Vista: 5 cases
Campbell County: 11 cases
Carroll County: 4 cases and 1 hospitalization
Charlotte County: 7 cases and 1 hospitalization
Covington: 1 case
Craig County: 2 cases
Danville: 33 cases, 13 hospitalizations, and 1 death
Floyd County: 1 case
Franklin County: 20 cases and 3 hospitalizations
Galax: 4 cases and 1 hospitalization
Giles County: 4 cases
Grayson County: 1 case
Halifax County: 17 cases and 1 hospitalization
Henry County: 16 cases, 2 hospitalizations, and 1 death
Highland County: 2 cases
Lexington: 3 cases
Lynchburg: 51 cases, 5 hospitalizations, and 1 death
Martinsville: 2 cases
Montgomery County: 54 cases, 6 hospitalizations, and 1 death
Nelson County: 7 cases
Patrick County: 2 cases
Pittsylvania County: 11 cases, 5 hospitalizations, and 1 death
Pulaski County: 9 cases and 2 hospitalizations
Radford: 3 cases
Roanoke City: 35 cases and 5 hospitalizations
Roanoke County: 41 cases and 1 hospitalization
Rockbridge County: 5 cases
Salem: 12 cases and 1 hospitalization
Wythe County: 11 cases, 1 hospitalization, and 1 death

In addition, health officials say VDH has received 82,753 COVID-19 test results and 2,165 records of confirmed and probable hospitalization related to the virus as of Tuesday.