Virginia’s COVID Rate Surpasses Southwest Virginia’s
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Southwest Virginia On Thursday, saw its COVID19 rate increase and the Virginia Department of Health is reporting the Commonwealth broke its single day record for the second day in a row with 13 thousand 500 new cases. The statewide rate surpassed the nine county southwest Virginia area’s rate a week ago, after Southwest Virginia had been reporting much higher rates than the Commonwealth’s for the last several months.