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Positive COVID-19 tests as recent holiday season and winter temperatures bring people indoors in close contact.

Positive COVID-19 tests as recent holiday season and winter temperatures bring people indoors in close contact.

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Free community testing for COVID-19 continues

For the week ending Saturday, Jan. 4, COVID-19 accounted for 1.6% of all emergency department visits in Virginia, with overall respiratory illness high and trending down compared to previous data. No deaths associated with COVID-19 were reported within that period at time of publication. COVID-19 wastewater levels for Richmond and Henrico County had plateaued as of the most recent sample collection week on Sunday, Dec. 22.