Henrico reports first case of MIS-C, as new COVID-19 cases remain steady

Henrico County reported its first case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (also known as MIS-C) Tuesday, according to the Virginia Department of Health. This condition is largely believed to be related to the COVID-19 virus. In total, Virginia has witnessed 25 confirmed cases of MIS-C since the beginning of the pandemic.

The county also reported 90 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, keeping it below 100 per day for nearly the entire past week, according to the VDH. The seven-day moving rate reached below that count, at 81 new daily cases on average.

Henrico reported 13 more virus-related deaths Tuesday and two new hospitalizations related to the virus. Many or all of those deaths are the result of death certificates that are just being processed by the VDH after the post-holiday surge of cases, according to the agency. In the past four days, 44 COVID deaths have been added to Henrico’s total, which now sits at 403 – second only to Fairfax County’s 870.

As of Feb. 19, Henrico County's average positivity rate has remained below 10 percent, according to VDH data. The positivity rate among PCR testing encounters reached 8.2 percent, and 7.2 percent among rapid antigen tests. This data lags behind a few days to include as much testing data as possible.

Almost 65,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Henrico County, according to VDH data. More than 18,100 Henricoans have been fully vaccinated, receiving both doses necessary for full inoculation.

More than 1.6 million people have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine across the state of Virginia, equaling 13.3 percent of the population according to VDH data. Just fewer than 30,000 vaccines are being administered each day.