Tag: centers for disease control and prevention

Your Views: We need some COVID-19 kindness

To the editor: Alexandria’s spike in COVID-19 cases in late December and the subsequent increase in hospitalizations soon after is not a story unique to...

City providers to offer COVID-19 boosters

The City of Alexandria is now offering COVID-19 boosters to all vaccinated residents over the age of 18, according to a news release. Booster shots...

Your Views: Lack of ACPS safety measures

To the editor: Your editorial in last week’s paper, “Time for a true vaccine mandate,” rightly critiqued the Alexandria City Public Schools administration for failing...

Health directors urge mask use indoors

By Katherine Hapgood | [email protected] All five Northern Virginia health directors, including Alexandria Health Department Acting Director Dr. Anne Gaddy, issued a joint letter of...

Our View: Don’t toss that mask just yet

The news regarding COVID-19 levels is tremendously encouraging both in Alexandria and Virginia as a whole. On Wednesday, for the second day this week, there...

Council amends mask ordinance to align with state guidelines

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Alexandria’s public mask requirements are now aligned with the state’s current executive order, after City Council amended its mask ordinance during...

COVID-19 update for March 26: 10, 850 cases, 127 deaths in...

By Staff As of March 26, there have been 10,850 positive cases of COVID-19 in the City of Alexandria, resulting in 127 fatalities, according to...

COVID-19 update for Feb. 3: 9,544 cases, 104 deaths in Alexandria

By Staff As of Feb.3, there have been 9,544 positive cases of COVID-19 in the City of Alexandria, resulting in 104 fatalities, according to the...

COVID-19 update for Dec. 30: 7,231 cases, 87 deaths in Alexandria

By Staff As of Dec. 30, there have been 7,231 positive cases of COVID-19 in the City of Alexandria, resulting in 87 fatalities, according to...

Analysis: What to make of COVID-19 data?

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Data on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website indicate that since late October, every state in the continental...