County records 64 new COVID cases

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 64 between May 25 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 10,478 — up from 10,414 one week earlier.
The number of Wise County COVID-19 deaths remained at 199.

Statewide, the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began rose from 1,267,904 May 25 to 1,281,717 Wednesday, an increase of 13,813. The number of “probable” cases in Virginia rose from 502,716 May 25 to 509,009 yesterday, an increase of 6,293.
During the same period, the number of confirmed deaths increased by 30 to 17,022. The number of probable COVID-19 deaths increased by 12 to 3,378.