Doretha Wimms (R), assistant director of nursing at Hermitage Richmond, received a COVID-19 vaccination at the assisted living facility from Walgreens pharmacist Marybeth Moore in January. Photo courtesy Hermitage Richmond.
Virginia received an influx of more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, in part due to the weather-delayed delivery of 106,000 Moderna doses that were expected last week. The state also is receiving a bump in doses directed to local health departments and districts, as well as twice as many doses arriving in retail pharmacies, developments announced Friday by the state’s vaccine coordinator.
Meanwhile, the United States surpassed the grim benchmark of 500,000 COVID-related deaths Monday, near the one-year anniversary of the nation’s first coronavirus fatality. Virginia has recorded 7,486 COVID deaths since last March, including 470 fatalities over the past week, according to the Virginia Department of Health. That’s an increase of 274 deaths from the previous week.
