VDH indicates 15 COVID-19 positive tests

[Yonnie3]

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/surveillance-and-investigation/novel-coronavirus/

COVID-19 Testing and Public Health Monitoring Data

Information as of: 3/12/2020

COVID-19 Testing and Confirmed Case Counts in Virginia

Number of Negative COVID-19 Tests: 117

Number of Presumptive Positive or Confirmed Cases: 15

Central – 2
Eastern – 2
Northern – 10
Northwest – 1
Southwest - 0

An updated report is under development and will be available soon.

NOTE: VDH is no longer reporting the pending number of tests as testing capacity has expanded to include commercial laboratories. Commercial laboratories report all results to VDH. Information will be updated daily, Monday-Friday, at noon.

Edit to add:
https://www.nbc29.com/2020/03/12/longwood-student-tests-positive-coronavirus/

March 12, 2020 at 10:23 AM EDT - Updated March 12 at 10:23 AM

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Longwood University in central Virginia has joined the growing list of colleges moving to at least temporarily suspend on-campus instruction after a student there tested positive for the new coronavirus.

The university announced the diagnosis in a statement late Wednesday night. The statement said the student had been tested by the state health department. That positive result will be be sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation.

Longwood, which has canceled in-person classes through at least March 18, said that the student had briefly been on campus after the school’s spring break last week.

Even so, the health department believes there is “a low generalized risk to our community,” the statement said.

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[Yonnie3]

1. I expect these numbers to exponentially increase in the near future.

Not so much in the immediate future from the disease spreading, but from the increased availability of testing and a relaxing of the too rigid (IMO) criteria for testing.