
RICHMOND, Va. – Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that 34 Virginians have died of complications from COVID-19. At his Wednesday press briefing, Northam again urged Virginians to stay-at-home and to vote by absentee ballot in the upcoming election.
As of April 1, the Virginia Department of Health reported 1,484 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
VDH says the state has reported 1,484 cases and 208 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus pandemic. There are more than 140 patients in the intensive care unit and 108 are on ventilators.
The three most recent deaths include a woman from Botetourt County, a man from Farmville, and a man who lived in the Mount Rogers Health District.