State sees 33-percent increase in COVID-19 cases overnight

Published 12:10 pm Saturday, March 21, 2020

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Virginia saw a 33-percent increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases overnight from Friday to Saturday.

The case number now stands at 152, according to the Virginia Department of Health. There are 25 people hospitalized, and two people have died — both of them in James City County.

The cumulative number of people tested has risen to 2,790.

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The numbers include the first two cases in the Western Tidewater Health District, reported Thursday and Friday in Suffolk and Isle of Wight County, respectively.