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Governments often revise data or report a single-day large increase in cases or deaths from unspecified days without historical revisions, which can cause an irregular pattern in the daily reported figures. Probable cases and deaths count individuals who meet criteria for other types of testing, symptoms and exposure, as developed by national and local governments.

The tallies on this page include probable and confirmed cases and deaths.Ĭonfirmed cases and deaths, which are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, are counts of individuals whose coronavirus infections were confirmed by a molecular laboratory test. Virginia did not release new data because of a technical issue. Virginia added a backlog of cases from the previous two days after resolving a technical issue. Virginia added additional deaths because of a data backlog. Virginia added many cases from the previous several days after data system maintenance. Virginia added many cases from the previous two days after data system maintenance. Over several days, Virginia added many deaths that occurred earlier in 2021.

Virginia removed around 90 deaths that were determined to be unrelated to Covid-19. More about reporting anomalies or changes The Times has identified reporting anomalies or methodology changes in the data. Department of Health and Human Services and are subject to historical revisions. Hospitalizations and test positivity are reported based on dates assigned by the U.S. viral test specimens tested by laboratories and state health departments and reported to the federal government. Hospitalization numbers early in the pandemic are undercounts due to incomplete reporting by hospitals to the federal government. Dips and spikes could be due to inconsistent reporting by hospitals. Figures for Covid patients in hospitals and I.C.U.s are the most recent number of patients with Covid-19 who are hospitalized or in an intensive care unit on that day. Cases and deaths data are assigned to dates based on when figures are publicly reported. The seven-day average is the average of the most recent seven days of data. Department of Health and Human Services (test positivty, hospitalizations, I.C.U. 15 About this data Sources: State and local health agencies (cases, deaths) U.S.
