By Sherry Hamilton on March 10, 2021 There was more good news on the COVID-19 pandemic front this week, as the number of new local, district and statewide cases continued to drop. Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the first case identified in Virginia, and Sunday will be the sad anniversary of the first death, Gov. Ralph Northam said in a press briefing Tuesday. Northam said that, at the same time that case numbers are going down across the state, the number of vaccinations being administered is steadily increasing. The Mathews NAACP has announced a clinic to be held next Thursday, March 18, at the Mathews Historical Museum (details below).