Henrico again sets new COVID-19 single-day record

Henrico set a new all-time high Wednesday for the most new COVID-19 cases ever reported on a single day – 95. That eclipsed the previous daily high of 81, set two days ago and July 27.

The Virginia Department of Health also reported three new COVID-related hospitalizations in the county Wednesday. Henrico’s average number of new daily cases in the past week also set a new high of 59, eclipsing the previous high of 55, set earlier this month.

The county has experienced a total of 256 new cases in the past three days alone, by far the most during any three-day period since the pandemic began in mid-March.

The higher COVID numbers appear to be reflective in part of an increase in testing in the county. Testing has increased dramatically recently – reaching a 7-day average of 1,207 tests per day as of Nov. 14, up from just about 900 a day five days earlier.

The county’s all-time high in its 7-day average of daily tests was 1,219 per day in late September.

The county’s 7-day positivity percentage decreased to 5.4% as of Nov. 14, reflecting a lower number of cases reported late last week. That metric lags several days behind by design, in order to allow time for all tests and results to be included and present the most accurate snapshot look at any given week in time. The figure is expected to rise as this week’s data is added in the coming days.

– Will Gonzalez contributed to this article