Health

By Randy Arrington LURAY, May 22 — Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Virginia in mid-February (with the first case reported March 7), the City of Winchester had not seen a single day with double-digit gains […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, May 21 — With media attention focused on an outbreak of COVID-19 at a local nursing home — and the 18 confirmed fatalities that have followed — the facility’s administrator says […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, May 21 — Page County saw two more deaths reported on Thursday related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but only one is attributed to an outbreak at a local nursing home. The […]

~ Press release issued by the Virginia Department of Health on May 19 RICHMOND —The Fairfax Health District has confirmed a case of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19. This is the […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, May 20 — Shenandoah County had not even surpassed 100 cases of COVID-19 when it started recording double-digit increases on April 29. On that date, the Virginia Department of Health reported […]

By Randy Arrington LURAY, May 19 — On Sunday, another resident of Skyview Springs Rehab and Nursing Center died from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Luray nursing home has now had 17 residents die from the […]