Tag: testing
Analysis: Northern Virginia experiencing slight spike in COVID-19
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
The seven-day, moving-average positivity rate for COVID-19 has become a relied-on indicator nationwide for how states, regions and cities are...
COVID-19 positivity rate plunges across city zip codes
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
Alexandria’s cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate has declined in each of the five zip codes that lie fully within city limits...
Red Cross testing blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Residents looking to figure out if they have antibodies to COVID-19 are in luck: The American Red Cross is now...
Alexandria enters phase two of reopening
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Northern Virginia will enter phase two of reopening tomorrow, Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
The...
Testing those most impacted by COVID-19
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
Two groups of people in Alexandria have been hit hardest by COVID-19: older residents and the city’s Hispanic/Latino population.
Because the...
Free community testing available on Memorial Day
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Alexandria Health Department and City of Alexandria are supporting free COVID-19 testing at two sites on Memorial Day, May...
COVID-19 in Alexandria by the numbers
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Note: The data reported in this story and accompanying charts are from May 5. The number of cases, hospitalizations and...
Council discusses future COVID-19 testing
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Dr. Stephen Haering, director of the Alexandria Health Department, discussed the future of COVID-19 testing in Alexandria at a city...
Our View: That bedeviling COVID-19 data
April 2020 will be remembered as the month America was almost fully shut in and shut down.
States began closing in mid-March: School systems, colleges...
Drive-through COVID-19 testing comes to Old Town
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Inova Alexandria Hospital’s drive-through testing site for COVID-19 in Old Town is up and running.
In Alexandria, private doctors, Inova and...