Confirmed Henrico COVID-19 cases up to 207, but reporting lag evident

A total of 207 people in Henrico County have COVID-19, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s daily update this morning, but a lag in reporting of at least 48 hours is evident, meaning Henrico’s numbers are likely higher.

The percentage of people tested for the virus who end up having it also is rising in the state, according to today's numbers.

On Thursday night, Henrico Health Director Danny Avula told the media that the county had 205 confirmed cases. But today was the first time the state’s numbers reflected at least that many. Yesterday, the VDH reported 194 confirmed cases in the county.

VDH announces its updated numbers daily at 9 a.m., but they reflect totals received by the agency by 5 p.m. the previous day. That means that even by Saturday night – 48 hours after Avula’s announcement Thursday – the state still wasn’t caught up on the county’s actual totals.

Statewide, VDH reported Monday a total number of cases of 2,878 – nearly double the amount it reported just five days ago. The total number of hospitalizations resulting from those cases has more than doubled during the same time, from 208 reported Wednesday to 497 reported this morning. And the state has witnessed 54 deaths from the virus, up from 51 Sunday and from 34 Wednesday.

Since Wednesday's reported numbers, an additional 9,177 people have been tested in Virginia and 1,196 of them – or about 13 percent – were positive for the virus. That's up from a positive rate of 9.7 percent prior to Wednesday.

Overall, 11.7 percent of all people tested in Virginia have tested positive.