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In September, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters alone had at least 57 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, a rare but serious coronavirus complication.
Sense of smell or taste returns within six months for four out of five COVID-19 survivors who have lost these senses, according to an ongoing Virginia Commonwealth University study. But the 20% who don’t get better means millions could have permanent loss.
Vaccinators have given somewhere in the neighborhood of 286,000 third doses and booster shots against the coronavirus so far statewide, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
The Priority Toyota Cancer Center comes two years after announcing a $135 million construction overhaul for the community hospital. It's the first of several projects to be completed over the next year.
Breakthrough cases remain rare. So far there have been 27,318 statewide. The death count — 273 in fully vaccinated people — did not rise over the past week.