Virginia reached a milestone Sunday — 100,000 probable and confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

The commonwealth reported 2,015 cases on Friday, 1,307 on Saturday and 897 on Sunday.

Friday’s high numbers, however, were due to a backlog of cases that should have been reported earlier in the week, Virginia’s health department said. The 2,000-plus infections reported would be the commonwealth’s highest daily total, though it included case numbers from Wednesday and Thursday as well as Friday.

The issue was technical, said the Virginia Department of Health, and attributed it to a “system performance configuration. It has since been corrected.

DCist/WAMU has reached out to the Virginia Department of Health for further clarification on this weekend’s caseload, the impact it will have on the seven-day moving average, and the ramifications it could have on continuing reopening but have yet to hear back.

In general, cases have trended up in Virginia over the last month. On July 9th, 619 cases were reported with a 7-day moving average of 608. A month later on August 9th, 897 cases were reported with the 7-day moving average nearly double last month’s at 1,186.

Virginia stands at a 7.6% positivity rate over the last seven days. While that’s way down from the high watermark of 20.7% in late April, it’s significantly higher than Maryland’s (4%) and the District’s (3.2%). Government entities, including the World Health Organization, say 5% or less positivity rate is needed to move ahead with reopening.

Northern Virginia has a slightly more optimistic picture. Numbers have generally plateaued in recent weeks. Cases load and moving averages have dipped since the end of July, though they did rise with the rest of the commonwealth on Friday.

In terms of positivity rate, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, and Loudoun County all sit at 5.6% or below. However, Prince William County is at 9.2%.

Virginia’s current hotspot, according to data, is the commonwealth’s eastern region which includes Virginia Beach. On June 21st, the first official day of summer, the 7-day rolling average was 73 new cases. Seven weeks later and now near mid-August, that average has grown by more than five times. It now sits at 388 cases.

On Sunday, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine appeared on the political talk show “Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren” and gave his thoughts about his state’s rising numbers.

“Virginia’s numbers were coming down, but frankly as we started to open the economy back up we’ve started to see a spike,” said Kaine. “The hot spot in Virginia is down near the beach, Virginia Beach because people have been quarantined for a long time. They may not want to fly for vacation but they’ll drive for one.”

Earlier this week, Virginia launched a smartphone app that notifies people if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19, becoming the first state in the country to roll out the technology.

In total, from Friday to Sunday, Virginia also added 27 probable and confirmed deaths from COVID-19 to its total.

Overall, 2,326 Virginians have died from the coronavirus.