County reports two deaths, 13 cases

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wise County increased by 13 between Sept. 28 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 13,041 — up from 13,028 one week earlier.
The number of Wise County COVID-19 deaths increased by two, from 211 to 213.

Statewide, the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began rose from 1,477,564 Sept. 28 to 1,482,278 Wednesday, an increase of 4,714. The number of “probable” cases in Virginia rose from 608,457 Sept. 28 to 611,115 yesterday, an increase of 2,658.
During the same period, the number of confirmed deaths increased by 67 to 18,208. The number of probable COVID-19 deaths increased by 21 to 3,711.