This article is a product of Petersburg Scope – a new publication providing news for Petersburg and Colonial Heights.
Cases across the country continue to rise as the weather gets colder and people move their social gatherings inside. Luckily, the numbers in Colonial Heights and Petersburg are not rising too fast at this time.
Petersburg has reported 29 new positive cases for COVID-19 in the last five days, bringing the total number of cases up to 955. One additional person was hospitalized and zero new deaths were reported in Petersburg over the last five days. The total number of deaths in the city remains at 30.
Colonial Heights has reported 11 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last five days, bringing the total number of cases up to 317. There were zero new hospitalizations or deaths in the last five days. The total number of deaths in Colonial Heights remains at 26.
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