County: Five cases in one week

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by five between April 20 and Wednesday.

The Virginia Department of Health reported Wednesday morning that the county’s total confirmed cases in the months since the pandemic began had risen to 10,267 — up from 10,262 one week earlier.
The number of Wise County COVID-19 deaths remained at 197.

Statewide, the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began rose from 1,211,990 April 20 to 1,218,451 Wednesday, an increase of 6,461. The number of “probable” cases in Virginia rose from 476,078 April 20 to 479,126 yesterday, an increase of 3,048.
During the same period, the number of confirmed deaths increased by 84 to 16,849. The number of probable COVID-19 deaths increased by 19 to 3,353.