Two deaths, 71 new cases reported

June 24, 2022

Wise County saw 64 new COVID-19 cases between Monday and yesterday.

The county’s total number of COVID cases since spring 2020 increased from 10,778 to 10,842 in three days.
The county’s total number of COVID-related deaths increased by two, from 200 to 202.

The health department’s cumulative positive case count for Norton increased by seven between Monday and yesterday, from 1,362 to 1,369.

The number of total deaths in the city remained at 22.

Statewide, the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began rose from 1,316,349 Monday to 1,321,875 yesterday, an increase of 5,526. The number of cases deemed “probable” rose from 525,437 Monday to 528,115 yesterday, an increase of 2,678.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Virginia increased by 36 to 17,114. The number of probable COVID-19 deaths increased by seven to 3,384.