State superintendent visits Shenandoah Valley schools State Superintendent James Lane gets a tour of Triplett Tech s programs from faculty and students. (Source: WHSV) By John Hood | WHSV | April 12, 2021 at 7:01 PM EDT - Updated April 12 at 7:01 PM
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Triplett Tech and Massanutten Regional Governorâs School in Mount Jackson received a special visit from State Superintendent James Lane on Monday, April 12.
Lane stopped by after visiting Page County Technical Center in an effort to visit every school division in the commonwealth since he was hired in 2018.
âThis is my first visit to Shenandoah County, but Iâve heard for years some of the amazing things that are going on, so Iâm just excited to be here and see everything theyâre doing in person,â Lane said.
 One COVID-19 death in Winchester was reported Friday, the same day that the Virginia Department of Health reported across the state the fifth-highest number of new COVID-19 case, less than 50 percent of that number on Saturday, and the seventh-highest number of new cases on Sunday.
The state’s website at vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus reported 4,078 on Friday, 1,584 new cases on Saturday and 3,999 on Sunday.
The reporting comes after Thursday, Christmas Eve, reported the largest number of new cases at 4,782.
Included with the weekend reporting were an increase of hospitalizations with 61 on Friday, 14 on Saturday, and 84 on Sunday. The death toll increased by 29 on Friday, 20 on Saturday and 14 on Sunday.
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Virginia added 3,591 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as the Lord Fairfax Health District added 109 new cases.
The Health Department also reported 135 statewide hospitalizations and 51 deaths on Tuesday. Locally, Clarke County reported one new death.
The Lord Fairfax district, which covers Winchester and the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah and Warren, has a seven-day average of 124 new daily cases.
Frederick added 41 new cases, Shenandoah 29, Winchester 17, Warren 12, Page six and Clarke four.
No new hospitalizations were recorded locally on Tuesday.
The district s seven-day positivity rate for PCR tests is 12.4% out of 113,955 PCR testing encounters, according to the Virginia Department of Healthâs online dashboard at vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus. This is 0.5% higher than on Monday.
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