Roanoke, New River Valleys among regions to start next wave of coronavirus vaccinations
Group includes essential workers, people 75 and older, those living in correctional facilities, and more
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ROANOKE, Va. – The Virginia Department of Health announced it will begin the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations for certain health districts next week.
The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts are included in the group VDH refers to under “Phase 1b” of vaccine distribution. Phase 1b includes frontline essential workers, people ages 75 and older, and people living in correctional facilities, homeless shelters and migrant labor camps.
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Virginia added 4,048 COVID-19 cases Wednesday while the Lord Fairfax Health District added 178.
The district, which covers Winchester and the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah and Warren, has a seven-day average of 137 for daily new cases, up from 130 on Tuesday. Its positivity rate for PCR tests is 14.7%, an increase of 0.5% from Tuesday out of 121,464 PCR testing encounters.
Shenandoah had the highest number of new cases, recording 63. Frederick had 55, Winchester 21 and Page nine. Clarke and Warren each added 15 new cases, Clarke tying with its Dec. 10 record for its largest single-day increase in cases during the pandemic.
There were no new hospitalizations or deaths recorded in the district.