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At the pandemic’s peak, the CHKD health system was seeing 40-50 new positive COVID-19 tests among children per day. That has dropped to fewer than 10 daily for the last six weeks.
The delta variant first popped up in Virginia in March, said Caroline Holsinger, director of VDH's surveillance and investigation division. It spreads about 40-60% more quickly than some other variants, she said.
COVID-19 outbreaks are not just fewer these days, but fewer people are dying or being hospitalized, said Ana Colon, epidemiologist for the Virginia Department of Health's region that includes Hampton Roads.
To qualify for the Hampton Roads Community Foundation program, nonprofits had to primarily serve Black people, as well as have a majority Black board of directors, executive leadership or staff.
The team at the Hampton Roads Community Health Center “worked with unwavering resolve to serve the underserved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,” a clinical communications company wrote about the COVID-19 nurses.
For the past several years, a Langley team has been helping lead a $500 million project to figure out how to quiet sonic booms — those pesky, explosion-sounding side effects of planes moving so fast.
The promotional video, “Students for COVIDWISE,” is about one and a half minutes long and features clips of students in Virginia talking about how the pandemic impacted their educational experiences.
Former Gov. McAuliffe got about 61% of the vote, with former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy a distant second at 20%. Leading up to Tuesday’s primary, McAuliffe had led comfortably in fundraising and the polls, despite a diverse slate of candidates.