President Biden joined Gov. Northam in Northern Virginia to celebrate the state's progress against COVID-19. President Joe Biden joined Gov. Ralph Northam in Alexandria on Friday to tout progress in vaccinations and the lifting of most of Virginia's remaining COVID-19 restrictions at the beginning of Memorial Day weekend. At midnight Virginia removed its remaining gathering and capacity limits, marking the first time since March 2020 that there are no such restrictions in the state's restaurants, businesses, offices or other venues. Biden said Virginia has gone from 43,000 cases the week before he took office to 2,800 in the past week. He noted that about 55% of Virginians 18 and older are fully vaccinated.