Virginia reports record number of coronavirus cases for second day in a row Julie Zauzmer, Lola Fadulu, Rebecca Tan The state of Virginia reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases of any day in the nine-month pandemic on Christmas Eve, as local officials and business owners across the region debated the legality of increasingly stringent measures meant to contain the highly contagious virus. On Thursday, 4,782 coronavirus cases were reported in Virginia, breaking a record set only the day before. Virginia had never recorded more than 4,000 cases in a single day until December. So far this month, it has happened five times.