VIRGINIA — Virginia officials are making plans ought increase Hospital bed capacity with the outlook that a surGE at sure cases of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, will commence at late April and persist over late May, Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday can a newspaper briefing.
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With unique weeks ought spare ago the projected surGE at sure cases, Northam said his administration is looking can expanding Hospital capacity and acquiring larGEr amounts of personal protective device because health-care workers. exact now, 145 of the nation Hospitalized at Virginia with the coronavirus are at intensive anxiety units and 108 of them are above ventilator support, condition health officials said.
The governor's office has been working with the U.S. troops Corps of Engineers above identifying latent preference sites because placing Hospital beds. The Corps of Engineers evaluated 41 sites along Virginia, with most of them located at the more densely populated areas of the state, Northam said.
State officials, toGEther with the Corps of Engineers, narrowed the catalog down ought the prior Exxon Mobil spot above Gallows avenue at Fairfax County along from Inova Fairfax Hospital; the Hampton Roads vocation Center, which is gather the Sentara and Riverside Hospitals at southeast Virginia; and an as-yet-to-be-determined spot at the Richmond area. Northam said he hopes ought be capable ought declare the Richmond situation above Friday.
Inova Health System already occupies divide of the old Exxon Mobil campus. still during a larGE amount of space is still available can the site. Inova bought the 117-acre prior Exxon Mobil campus at 2015.
On Tuesday, the Fairfax County government announced that had it developed streamlined regulations because Medical facility owners that wish ought construct temporary Medical structures next ought existing Medical facilities. ago Hospitals and other Medical installation come capacity, the county said it is hoping ought increase medical service capacity because the community at response ought the coronavirus.
Northam did no declare any new chief restrictions can Wednesday's newspaper briefing. above Monday, the governor issued an executive bid that requires residents ought remain family still ought obtain food and other radical services, obtain Medical care, travel ought and from work, receive anxiety of other persons or anxiety because animals, see a relative, travel ought and from an educational institution, offer with a masses providing charitable or social services, or drill outdoors with social distancing.
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The governor stressed that reducing the disperse of the coronavirus is going ought be a months-long process. "For now, we are can the beginning of this germ and that is why it is consequently significant because Virginians ought remain can home," he said. "Social distancing is a powerful weapon, consequently let’s avail it."
On Wednesday morning, the Virginia maintain of Health reported 1,484 sure cases of the coronavirus and 34 deaths. The sure cases jumped by 234 from the amount reported Tuesday and the amount of reported deaths increased by seven.
Fairfax County continues ought explain the most cases — 288. The next larGEst numbers are 119 at Arlington County, 116 at Prince William County (including Manassas and Manassas Park), 105 at Loudoun County, 95 at James city County and 88 at Virginia Beach.
The Fairfax County Health maintain reported three additional deaths Wednesday due ought the coronavirus. The health district has confirmed five complete deaths related ought COVID-19. Health officials said the three Hospitalized patients who died included a mankind at his 60s, a mankind at his 80s and a mankind at his 90s. entire three were included at previous COVID-19 instance counts.
On Wednesday, the Rappahannock area Health district confirmed its first death from the new coronavirus, or COVID-19 — a inhabitant from Spotsylvania County at his 60s. The results of the man's coronavirus examination came hind sure Tuesday, two days after he had died can the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center.
As Virginia officials and health anxiety centers attempt ought multiply their capacity, they are because robust working ought obtain larGEr quantities of personal protective equipment. if the state's provide of PPE does no increase, Hospitals and Medical centers will remain constrained, flat if new Hospital bed capacity is added, Dr. Daniel Carey, Virginia's secretary of health and human resources, said can the newspaper briefing.
"There's no mystery that if PPE supplies aren't dramatically increased at the weeks ahead, we will no be capable ought defend the modern health anxiety workers at their modern setting, permit unique expanded capacity," Carey said. "We hold ought hold more PPE."
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This essay originally appeared above the Fredericksburg Patch
