“This is not just the flu,” Hogan said. “More people have died from COVID19 than from annual car accidents, gun violence, and the flu combined.”

County executives say the coronavirus metrics in their jurisdictions aren’t at a place to move forward yet.

How is the lag in test results affecting public health data? What’s going on with contact tracing? And what, once again, is “community spread?”

The entire commonwealth, including Northern Virginia, is expected to enter Phase Three, which allows for gatherings up to 250 people and lifts capacity restrictions on nonessential businesses, including restaurants.