There are now 3,485 deaths from the coronavirus in Virginia By Samantha Smith RICHMOND, Va. – As of October 20, Virginia is now reporting 167,754 cases of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March. [Where are Virginia’s coronavirus cases? The latest from the health department] Tuesday’s total of 167,754 marks an increase from Monday’s total of…
The seven-day positive rate of PCR tests in Virginia dipped to 4.8 percent, down from 5 percent reported the previous two days. By Mark Hand, Patch Staff VIRGINIA — The Virginia Department of Health reported 926 new cases of the coronavirus and 28 new deaths of people with COVID-19 on Tuesday. The new cases bring the cumulative…
A human challenge trial will begin in January, in which volunteers are deliberately exposed to the virus. — Benjamin Mueller Researchers at Imperial College London are planning to deliberately infect healthy volunteers with the coronavirus early next year as part of the world’s first effort to study how people immunized with different vaccines respond to controlled…