The Virginia Department of Health reported the death of a child age 9 or younger Friday morning, but in the afternoon, a spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Health said it was a typographical error.
VDH provided no additional information beyond saying the error had been corrected. No children in Virginia have died from the coronavirus.
A similar incident happened in early May when data on the health department’s website showed that one child younger than 9 in the Fairfax Health District died — VDH later said it was a data entry error.
The Virginia Department of Health reported 2,015 new coronavirus cases Friday, bringing the state’s tally to 97,882.
The large increase in cases Friday was due to a data backlog from earlier in the week, health officials said. The 2,015 new cases included numbers that should have been reported on Wednesday and Thursday. The backlog was due to a technical issue which was identified Thursday night and resolved.
There were 798 new cases reported on Wednesday and 818 on Thursday.
Of the total cases, 94,141 are confirmed and 3,741 are probable, meaning those patients are symptomatic and have a known exposure to the illness.
Throughout the state, there have been 8,355 cases in long-term care facilities and 1,274 deaths, according to data from the VDH.
The state’s seven-day percentage of positive PCR tests stayed the same at 7.3% Friday. Virginia reported 13,700 new PCR tests were performed. The state’s total now stands at 1,205,004.
There are 1,372 people currently hospitalized for COVID-19, according to the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association. Of those, 897 have confirmed cases and 475 are awaiting test results. So far, 12,725 COVID-19 patients have been discharged.
Here are the latest numbers for the region compared with Thursday. The large number represents the number of cases reported in each locality since the pandemic began.
Accomack: 1,087 (up 2); 16 deaths (no change)
Chesapeake: 2,828 (up 67); 37 deaths (no change)
Gloucester: 152 (up 5); 2 deaths (no change)
Hampton: 1,173 (up 42); 7 deaths (no change)
Isle of Wight: 378 (up 8); 9 deaths (no change)
James City: 596 (up 21); 16 deaths (no change)
Mathews: 17 (up 1); 0 deaths (no change)
Middlesex: 34 (up 1); 1 death (no change)
Newport News: 1,788 (up 52); 18 deaths (no change)
Norfolk: 3,629 (up 133); 30 deaths (up 1)
Northampton: 295 (no change); 29 deaths (no change)
Poquoson: 43 (up 2); 0 deaths (no change)
Portsmouth: 1,726 (up 50); 25 deaths (no change)
Suffolk: 1,231 (up 47); 49 deaths (no change)
Virginia Beach: 4,781 (up 123); 53 deaths (up 1)
Williamsburg: 121 (up 2); 6 deaths (no change)
York: 355 (up 17); 4 deaths (no change)
In Virginia, people older than 80 account for 4,508 cases and 1,144 deaths — up 8 from Thursday. Here’s how the rest of the age groups break down for cases and deaths:
70-79: 4,799 cases (up 89), 582 deaths (up 1)
60-69: 9,237 cases (up 210), 355 deaths (up 4)
50-59: 14,158 cases (up 309), 145 deaths (up 1)
40-49: 16,222 cases (up 291), 62 deaths (no change)
30-39: 17,954 cases (up 340), 20 deaths (up 1)
20-29: 18,869 cases (up 431), 6 deaths (up 2)
10-19: 7,693 cases (up 174), 0 deaths (no change)
0-9: 3,407 cases (up 68), 0 deaths (no change)
The VDH did not report ages for 1,035 cases and two deaths.
Here are the seven-day percent positivity rates for the Health Districts around Hampton Roads:
Chesapeake: 12.6% (down)
Eastern Shore: 3.4% (down)
Hampton: 9.6% (no change)
Norfolk: 10.6% (down)
Peninsula: 7.1% (down)
Portsmouth: 14.5% (down)
Virginia Beach: 8.6% (down)
Western Tidewater: 13.8% (up)
Since the pandemic began in Virginia, 50,130 women have had cases and 1,131 women have died, while 47,172 men have had cases and 1,181 men have died. Of the state tally, 580 cases don’t have a reported sex and five deaths don’t have a reported sex.
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Reporter Jessica Nolte contributed to this report.
Moss Brennan, mobrennan@virginiamedia.com.
