David Seidel reports
The Roanoke City-Alleghany Health District reported about 1,700 new COVID-19 cases over the past week. That’s about 15% of the entire number of cases since the pandemic began, according to Doctor Cynthia Morrow. This is very likely due to the Thanksgiving surge that we were expecting, Morrow told a weekly conference call with reporters.
Credit CDC
The number of active cases in the district was 1,925 as of Tuesday morning, about 150 more than last week. Hospitalizations in the district are also reached a record at 81 patients Tuesday morning. That number was 67 last week and had been hovering around 70 for several weeks before.