More Than 21 Percent Fully Vaccinated In VA; 3M Get First Shot

VIRGINIA — The Virginia Department of Health reported Monday that 1,817,033 Virginians, or 21.3 percent of the state's population, were fully vaccinated.

According to VDH data, 4,768,777 total doses have been administered, with 3,127,260 people, or 36.6 percent of the state's population, receiving at least their first dose.

The seven-day average on Monday was 74,909 doses administered in Virginia, down from an average of 77,100 doses administered per day on Sunday.

The state is expected to receive about 33-percent fewer vaccine doses starting this week due to smaller numbers of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine getting allocated to the state.

Dr. Danny Avula, Virginia's vaccine coordinator, said Friday in his weekly news briefing that this week's allocation of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be about 14,800 doses for state and local health departments and about 13,100 doses for Virginia pharmacies taking part in a federal partnership. "It's about a tenth of what we were hoping for," he said.

Local health departments lead the state with 1,420,512 total doses given, followed by 1,168,189 given at pharmacies. Hospitals have administered a total of 918,774 vaccines. Medical practices are next with 706,603 doses administered followed by community health providers at 554,699.

On Monday, the Alexandria Health Department and the Loudoun County Health Department opened up COVID-19 vaccine to everyone aged 16 and older. Both localities started phase 2 a week before the April 18 deadline Gov. Ralph Northam set for localities to expand eligibility.

The VDH reported a 6.1-percent coronavirus positivity rate on Monday from tests performed on residents over the past seven days. The positive rate is far below the 2021 high of 17.4 percent reported on Jan. 3 by the VDH.

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Since the start of the pandemic, the all-time high of the seven-day coronavirus positivity rate was 20.2 percent on April 20, 2020.

On average, 17,921 daily PCR testing encounters were reported statewide on April 8, down from a peak of 35,034 on Jan. 14.

On Monday, 1,310 additional COVID-19 cases were reported by the VDH, and the seven-day average of daily cases was 1,527. Northern Virginia accounted for 486 new cases on Monday and has a seven-day average of 458 daily cases.

An additional 14 COVID-19 deaths were reported Monday, bringing the death total to 10,486.

Virginia's COVID-19 hospitalizations stand at 1,046 statewide as of Monday. The current count includes 249 patients in intensive care units and 129 on ventilators.

Ventilator use among all hospital patients is at 27 percent, and ICU occupancy is at 75 percent, according to the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association.

Here are the latest coronavirus data updates for our coverage area from Sunday to Monday:

• Alexandria: 11,325 cases, 545 hospitalizations, 130 deaths; increase of 48 cases
• Arlington County: 14,679 cases, 816 hospitalizations, 249 deaths; increase of 33 cases and one hospitalization
• Fairfax County: 73,520 cases, 3,796 hospitalizations, 1,054 deaths; increase of 194 cases, three hospitalizations and one death
• Fairfax City: 531 cases, 46 hospitalizations, 18 deaths; increase of two cases
• Falls Church: 404 cases, 20 hospitalizations, nine deaths; no changes
• Loudoun County: 26,243 cases, 974 hospitalizations, 273 deaths; increase of 74 cases and three hospitalizations
• Manassas: 4,236 cases, 169 hospitalizations, 45 deaths; increase of 11 cases
• Manassas Park: 1,177 cases, 68 hospitalizations, 12 deaths; no changes
• Prince William County: 43,241 cases, 1,576 hospitalizations, 477 deaths; increase of 124 cases
• Fredericksburg: 1,952 cases, 97 hospitalizations, 22 deaths; increase of four cases
• Spotsylvania County: 9,204 cases, 295 hospitalizations, 110 deaths; increase of 30 cases and one death
• Stafford County: 10,519 cases, 340 hospitalizations, 71 deaths; increase of 43 cases