VDH: 668,726 total cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, 10,961 deaths . (Source: WXIX) By NBC29 Newsroom | October 7, 2020 at 8:50 AM EDT - Updated May 13 at 10:03 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Department of Health reports there is now a total of 668,726 COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth as of Thursday, May 13. The number of newly reported cases since yesterday is 579. New coronavirus cases reported by the Virginia Department of Health daily. (Source: WVIR) Virginia’s death total from the virus is at 10,934, 27 more than yesterday. The total number of people tested is 9,485,647, an increase of 23,976 since yesterday. Current 7-day positivity rate for total testing encounters is 4.3%. The 7-day positivity rate for PCR testing only is 3.6%.