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Virginia-wide curfew now in effect intended to aid in COVID-19 fight

Gov. Ralph Northam examines Monday one of the first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it arrives at a Bon Secours hospital in Richmond. This initial Virginia allotment of 72,150 doses is arriving this week at health systems across the commonwealth and will be administered to frontline health care workers. (Contributed)

Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday, Dec. 10, new targeted measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 as new cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in all areas of Virginia. Executive Order Seventy-Two directs Virginians — including Middlesex County residents — to stay at home between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m., implements a universal mask requirement and lowers the limit on social gatherings from 25 people to 10 people. The order took effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14, and will remain in place through Jan. 31, 2021, unless rescinded or amended.

For information, visit vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus.

While Virginia’s new cases per capita remain lower than 43 other states, all of the commonwealth’s five health regions are experiencing increases in COVID-19 cases, positive tests, and hospitalizations. Virginia is currently averaging more than 3,700 new COVID-19 cases per day, up from a statewide peak…