COVID-19 cases increase 18 percent

Published 1:17 pm Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Virginia saw an 18-percent increase in total confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Tuesday to Wednesday.

There are now 1,484 cases. There have been 208 hospitalizations and 34 deaths, according to the Virginia Department of Health.

The Peninsula Health District has 152 cases — 95 in James City County, 29 in Newport News, 16 in York County, nine in Williamsburg and three in Poquoson.