Coronavirus in Virginia

After months of stay-at-home orders, many local businesses are once again open — with limitations. News4’s Jackie Bensen found restaurant tables in Arlington were filled and customers were grateful to finally be outside.

Parents in Virginia are looking to get their families outdoors, but they say it’s hard to make sense of why some places are open for phase one while others remain closed. Northern Virginia Reporter Drew Wilder shows what’s available this weekend.

A 94-year-old Virginia woman almost died from the coronavirus but beat the odds to recover. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

A Virginia woman missed her 94th birthday because of her battle with the coronavirus, but she beat the odds to recover. Ruby Joyce, a retired teacher still active in church and clubs who socialized with Rosa Parks as a young woman, contracted the coronavirus in her assisted living apartment at Arbor Terrace. “She was talking slower,” her daughter-in-law Johnetta Joyce…

Tens of thousands of Virginians who are eligible for an expanded unemployment benefit Congress enacted in response to the coronavirus pandemic are waiting for their money because the state hasn’t managed to get the program running yet

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says looser restrictions on businesses and social gatherings are still at least a week away

News4’s Drew Wilder reports on what guidelines shoppers need to follow in Northern Virginia as the area starts phase one of reopening.

Virginia’s attorney general has issued warnings to more than 100 businesses about price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic

This week, Virginia began releasing information on how many people have been tested for coronavirus antibodies and how many of those tests have come back positive. Antibodies are blood proteins produced by the immune system and can be an indicator of prior coronavirus exposure, not current infection. They may offer some level of protection from future infection, whether the individual...

This week, Virginia began releasing information on how many people have been tested for antibodies and how many have come back positive. The News4 I-Team found nearly half of the state’s antibody tests have been in Northern Virginia. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer explains the impact that could have.

Stafford County, Virginia, is using an innovative way to test for COVID-19. The results will help the country better understand how the virus spreads. News4’s Justin Finch reports on how this study is collecting samples.

Memorial Day weekend is usually the start of summer travel season, and warm, partly sunny weather has made plenty of D.C.-area residents eager to have their stay-at-home orders lifted. Washington, D.C., itself saw a new peak in coronavirus case numbers, putting a targeted reopening date of May 29 in question. D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt said the city was...

D.C. had a slight setback as leaders look to begin phase one of reopening this Friday. It’s unclear whether the mayor will give the go-ahead later this week. News4’s Mark Segraves has a closer look at the issue, and some new numbers on people violating that stay at home order.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke to News4’s Pat Lawson Muse about whether D.C. is on track to reopen on May 29 after hitting a new peak in coronavirus cases.

Religious leaders face tough decisions after President Donald Trump demanded houses of worship reopen. News4’s Shomari Stone reports the president’s demand is in opposition against Virginia’s orders.

A long-term care facility in Northern Virginia is using plexiglass to allow residents to finally visit their families. Plexiglass panels that can be rolled in front of the entrance were the idea of Jeramy Ragsdale, founder of Thrive Senior Living, which operates Tribute at One Loudoun and 15 other communities in the country. Ragsdale said in the weeks after the…

Virginia’s unemployment rate shot up into the double digits in April due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to contain it

It’s been a tough two months for families with loved ones in long-term care centers. They’ve been barred from visiting since coronavirus first emerged. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports that is starting to change at a few centers thanks to a creative invention.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said the state is continuing to progress as the percent positivity of COVID-19 cases trends downward. Testing and contact tracing are two of the key components in the state’s efforts to combat the pandemic. Virginia has 33,208 confirmed cases and 1,100 deaths from COVID-19 as of Friday. Northam said that over 4,000 coronavirus tests were conducted…

The performing arts foundation Wolf Trap announced Friday that its summer concerts will be cancelled for the season. Its concerts are a summer tradition for many in the D.C. area. This marks the first time in the organization’s nearly 50-year history that it will not hold summer concerts, according to a statement. The announcement came Friday that performances at...