Gov. Ralph Northam receives his Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Virginia Executive Mansion on March 15. Credit: Jack Mayer/governor's office
Virginia exceeded 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths as of March 15, one year and one day after the first COVID-19 death was recorded in the state.
Also, 21% of the state’s population — 1.7 million people — have now received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, according to the Virginia Department of Health. And more than 1 million people in that number have been fully vaccinated, receiving two shots of Moderna or Pfizer Inc., or a single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.
On Monday afternoon, Gov. Ralph Northam and Virginia first lady Pam Northam received their shots — the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the governor’s office said Sunday. Executive Mansion staff and others who travel with the governor also got vaccinated Monday.
