WHAT’S NEW | COVID-19 DATA | RESOURCES & INFORMATION
What’s New?
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COVID-19 Vaccine Information: Beginning January 11, 2021, the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD) will provide vaccine for those who meet Phase1A criteria AND Phase1B criteria. Click here for more information related to current RCAHD COVID-19 vaccine opportunities.
- For more information about COVID vaccine, click here to visit the VDH COVID Vaccine website.
- Daily Activities and Going Out
- Holiday Celebrations
- Holiday celebrations will likely need to be different to prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Avoid activities that are higher risk for spread. Consider fun alternatives that pose lower risk of spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.
- Your Health
- Virginia Department of Labor Industries Electronic Reporting Portal
COVID-19 Data:
All case data are laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 that we extract from our live Virginia Electronic Disease Surveillance System (VEDSS) and freeze once a day. The health department’s epidemiological team uses this data to initiate case investigations and contact tracing for our community. Although some people are tested multiple times, this data has been corrected to reflect unique cases. Individuals who test multiple times are not counted multiple times.
We strive for transparency and accuracy in our data. As individual cases are investigated by public health, more complete information may be learned that could lead to corrections in details of cases or deaths. Some examples of corrections or updates that may lead to data changes include:
- Update or correction of case’s home address, resulting in a change to their location of residence to another county or state,
- Correction to laboratory results,
- Correction to a case’s status from confirmed to unconfirmed (for example, blood tests detecting antibodies are considered unconfirmed; only test results detecting the virus causing COVID-19 are marked as confirmed),
- De-duplication or merging and consolidation of case records of a single individual,
- Update of case’s demographic information from “missing or unknown” to complete information.
Cases are also reported to the central office of the Virginia Department of Health and shared on the COVID-19 Data Portal Link. The data reported at the local level is the most up-to-date, however the state level data is counting the same cases with the same methodologies, and differences in the local and state data will eventually catch up to one another.
Roanoke City and Alleghany Health District COVID-19 Data:
- COVID Data 112320
- COVID Data 111720
- COVID Data 102620
- COVID Data 101320
- COVID Data 092820
- COVID Data 092120
- COVID Data 091420
- COVID Data 083120
- COVID Data 082420
COVID Data 081720 - COVID Data 081120
Additional COVID-19 Data:
- VDH COVID-19 in Virginia
- VDH Pandemic Metrics Dashboard – show a daily case incidence rate and a daily PCR percent positivity.
- CDC
- VHHA
Resources & Information:
COVID-19 Testing:
- Local upcoming COVID-19 testing events
- Testing events can also be found on the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health District Facebook Page
- VDH map listing of testing sites
Call Centers for questions and concerns related to COVID-19:
- Roanoke City and Alleghany Health District Epidemiology Department: 540-204-9995
- Local Health Department Spanish Call Center
- Virginia Department of Health State Call center
- 2-1-1
Additional Information:
- Online Reporting for Violations of Executive Order 63 and Executive Order 67
- To file an online complaint related to Executive Order 63 (Requirement to Wear Face Coverings While Inside Buildings) and Executive Order 67 (Phase 3 Further Easing of Temporary Restrictions) related only to cloth face coverings and distancing requirements in certain business sectors, click here.
- VA COPES Warmline
- VDH FAQs
- CDC FAQs
- Recursos disponibles a nuestra comunidad hispanohablante | Resources available to the Spanish-speaking community
- COVIDWISE App – Help Virginia Stop COVID-19.
- Download Virginia’s free COVIDWISE Exposure Notifications app to help protect your community while protecting your privacy.
- Download Virginia’s free COVIDWISE Exposure Notifications app to help protect your community while protecting your privacy.
COVID-19 Symptoms and Exposure:
- Feeling Sick Comparison Chart English, Spanish
- Slow the Spread/Notify Your Contacts Infographic
- When to End Isolation or Quarantine
- Living with Someone with COVID-19
- Exposed to COVID-19 infographic
- VDH COVID-19 Viral Test Results Infographic
- VDH Isolation and Quarantine: What’s the Difference?
Travel:
- Travel During COVID-19
- Before you travel, consider checking each state’s data.
Businesses:
Effective December 8, 2020, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI), in consultation with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), has determined that employers no longer need to report single COVID-19 positive cases to VDH, in order to comply with the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) program’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19. However, after the initial report of outbreak (two or more cases), employers shall continue to report all cases to VDH until the local health department notifies the business that the outbreak has been closed.
After the outbreak is closed, subsequent identification of two or more cases of COVID-19 during a declared emergency shall be reported, as above.
- Online Reporting Portal for COVID-19 Case Reports
- COVID-19 case reports must be filed through the Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) online reporting portal. By using this portal, these case reports will ensure VDH and DOLI reporting compliance. The new online reporting portal allows employers to submit up to 10 COVID-19 positive cases.
- You can also report positive cases of COVID-19 by calling the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health District’s Epidemiology Department at 540-204-9995.
Colleges and Universities:
Governor’s Orders:
COVID-19 Job Opportunities:
- VDH List of Positions (in orange at bottom of website)
- Guidelines for Applying
- VDH COVID-19 Staffing Agencies
RCAHD Social Media:
Updated: 11-23-2020