Case numbers across the United States are rising slowly; the current case rate in the US is about 70,000/day 7 day rolling average. 25 states now report increasing case rates. Case rates across many European countries continue to increase. Virginia is almost stable, our case rate is about 1400/day 7 day average. Three Rivers has improved; our new case rate is averaging about 20 new cases/day, 7 day average.
There is agreement among public health authorities nationally that we are experiencing another pandemic surge. In Virginia, about 33% of us have received at least one dose of the vaccine.