COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first confirmed case was reported on March 7, 2020, in Fort Belvoir, and the first suspected case arrived in Virginia on February 23, 2020, which was a man who had recently traveled to Egypt. In response to the spread of COVID-19, the state mandated a stay at home order from March 18, 2020, until May 12, 2020, when the state began a four-phased reopening plan that lasted through July 1, 2020. From May 31, 2020, until May 28, 2021, the state enforced a mask mandate, being one of the first states in the nation to enforce a statewide mask mandate. The state remained relatively stagnant in COVID-19 cases through November 2020, until there was a large surge in COVID-19 cases during the winter of 2020–21, as part of a nationwide surge in cases. Cases gradually subsided to summer and fall 2020 numbers by March 2021, with numbers falling to early pandemic numbers by June 2021.
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Fairfax County, Virginia Parks closed March 24, 2020 | |
Map of the outbreak in Virginia by confirmed new infections per 100,000 people over 14 days (last updated March 2021)
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Map of the outbreak in Virginia by confirmed total infections per 100,000 people (last updated March 2021)
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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Virginia, U.S. |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Fort Belvoir |
| Arrival date | February 23, 2020 (found March 7, 2020) |
| Confirmed cases | 677,013 |
| Active cases | 3,254 |
| Hospitalized cases | 331 (current) |
| Critical cases | 121 (current) |
| Ventilator cases | 71 (current) |
| Recovered | 662,506 (estimate) 56,678 (previously hospitalized) |
Deaths | 20,187 |
| Fatality rate | 1.69% |
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On December 14, 2020, the state began a mass vaccination effort as part of the country's larger COVID-19 vaccine campaign. In January 2021, the state imposed a four-phase plan to prioritize what individuals by profession and age group would be eligible to receive the vaccine. On April 18, 2021, the entire population became eligible for the vaccine. By May 10, 2021, half of the state received at least COVID-19 vaccine.
As of June 1, 2021, the Virginia Department of Health reported 675,538 positive cases and 11,186 deaths in the U.S. state of Virginia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Virginia).
As of June 5, 2022, Virginia has administered 16,858,301 COVID-19 vaccine doses, and has fully vaccinated 6,334,662 people, equivalent to 74.93% of the population.