RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- The number of coronavirus cases continues to have a large jump across 24 hours in Virginia.
As of Friday, April 17, the number of cases have reached more than 7,000, compared to 6,889 on Thursday.
According to the Virginia Department of Health's report Friday morning, there are 7,491 cases.
VDH reports that 231 people have died, including a resident of the West Piedmont Health District, which was announced Thursday.
The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association dashboard on Friday shows there are 1,308 confirmed positive COVID-19 patients who are currently hospitalized and patients who are hospitalized with pending test results. They also report that 1,110 confirmed COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized and discharged.
There are 809 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19.
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