By SABRINA MORENO Richmond Times-Dispatch Three months after Thanksgiving, the first holiday to spark a surge that would culminate in an increase of nearly 10,000 cases in a single day in January, Virginia is beginning to better understand the deadly aftermath. Nearly 1,600 COVID-19 deaths were announced in the past 10 days due to a delay in processing death certificates, meaning these did not occur recently. At least 820 of those were recorded from Friday to Monday, resulting in a seven-day average of 185 deaths each day. The Virginia Department of Health website notes that date of death is a more accurate mirror to the trends, which may fluctuate as more information comes in.