Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Situation Summary

  • Virginia has 5 presumptive positive cases of COVID-19. 
  • The Virginia Department of Health is monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness, called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
  • Cases of COVID-19 are also being reported in a growing number of countries internationally, including the United States, where the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on January 21, 2020 in a traveler who had recently returned from Wuhan.

If you are a healthcare professional evaluating a patient for suspected COVID-19, please contact your local health department immediately.

COVID-19 Testing and Public Health Monitoring Data

VDH is closely monitoring and investigating reports of illness potentially associated with COVID-19. Only people who are sick and meet specific epidemiologic criteria are tested for COVID-19. The number of people who meet these criteria is updated every weekday between 10 and 11 am. VDH is only reporting Virginia residents who were tested for COVID-19 in the United States. To protect patient confidentiality, VDH will not provide additional details about people who were tested.

Information as of: 3/9/2020

*Includes specimens that have been forwarded to CDC for testing

^Cumulative since 1/21/2020

**VDH assigns risk groups according to CDC guidance. Low risk individuals include US-based aircrew members and private travelers who have flown through or had layovers in mainland China in the last 14 days.

†Medium risk individuals include those who have traveled from mainland China in the last 14 days.

^^Cumulative since 2/2/2020