COVID-19 Situation Update 1/4/2022

Cumulative Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts: 43,143 (up 2277)
• Alleghany Health District: 28,358 total
• Roanoke City Health District: 14,785 total
• Approximately 12% of new cases are in children
• Approximately 45% of new cases are in persons younger than 35 years of age
• The majority of new cases and hospitalizations continue to occur in individuals who are not
fully vaccinated.
• For the week ending in 12/25/2021, which is representative of current vaccination rates,
people in Virginia who were not vaccinated developed COVID-19 at 12 times the rate as
people who were fully vaccinated and were hospitalized at a rate more than 24 times that
of fully vaccinated people.

People hospitalized with COVID-19, as of Monday 1/3/2022: 115

• 83 new hospitalizations
• 42 in the Roanoke City Health District, 73 in the Alleghany Health District
• As a reminder, these numbers reflect hospitalizations for residents of the RCAHD. An additional
49 individuals from outside of these districts are currently hospitalized in local hospitals.

COVID-19 related deaths, as of Tuesday 1/4/2022: 736

• 463 Alleghany Health District, 273 Roanoke City Health District
Vaccine Distribution:
Including all vaccinators, almost 390,000 doses of vaccine had been administered to residents of
Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts by 1/4/2022 including third/ booster doses.

Vaccination Summary 1/4/2022:

State statistics: 88.9% of the adult population with at least one vaccine.

Jurisdiction Number of vaccines % Adult population with at least

administered one dose
Alleghany 18,902 70.0
Botetourt 46,162 73.7
Covington 6105 65.9
Craig 5259 54.7
Roanoke 128,966 72.9
City
Roanoke 146,121 80.7
County
Salem 38,226 77.9
Total: 389,741