{"id":229,"date":"2019-07-09T15:10:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/opioid-data\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:37:59","slug":"hepatitis-c-hcv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/hepatitis-c-hcv\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepatitis C (HCV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-229\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-229-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-229-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-229-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_nav_menu panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"anchor-links panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-229-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"menu-dashboards-container\"><ul id=\"menu-dashboards\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-1602\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page first-menu-item menu-item-1602\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/overdose-deaths\/\">Drug Overdose Deaths<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1959\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1959\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/virginia-deaths-compared-to-neighboring-states\/\">Virginia Deaths Compared to Neighboring States<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1870\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1870\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/emergency-department\/\">Drug Overdose Emergency Department Visits<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1601\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page last-menu-item menu-item-1601\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/neonatal-abstinence-syndrome-nas\/\">Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-229-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Epidemiology receives laboratory results of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as required by state law, Sections 32.1-36 and 32.1-37 of the Code of Virginia and 12 VAC 5-90-80 and 12 VAC 5-90-90 of the Board of Health Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight-gray\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> The COVID-19 pandemic likely reduced the number of persons seeking out routine testing as well as testing availability for HIV\/HCV, contributing to observed decreases in diagnosed HIV\/HCV in 2020.<\/div>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virginia Opioid Indicators - Hepatitis C Virus\" src=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/Virginia-VDHOpioidIndicators-HCV\/VA-VDHOpioidIndicators-HCV?:embed=y&#038;:subscriptions=no&#038;:render=false&#038;:display_count=yes&#038;publish=yes&#038;amp;:showVizHome=no\" width=\"1040\" height=\"1200\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Epidemiology receives laboratory results of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as required by state law, Sections 32.1-36 and 32.1-37 of the Code of Virginia and 12 VAC 5-90-80 and 12 VAC 5-90-90 of the Board of Health Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control1. 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