The governor was seen without a mask a day after he announced the state is reviewing a mandate that would require all Virginia residents to wear a mask in public.
Places of worship can host indoor services at 50 percent capacity, while drive-in services resume. Other restrictions apply, including maintaining a physical distance of six feet between attendees and encouraging them to wear face coverings at all times during their church attendance, among other measures.
The reopening of the Northern Virginia region has been delayed to at least May 29, including in the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William, the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park, and the towns of Dumfries, Herndon, Leesburg, and Vienna. "The Northern Virginia Region is substantially higher than the rest of the Commonwealth in percentage of positive tests for COVID-19. The Northern Virginia Region has about a 25 percent positivity rate, while the rest of the Commonwealth is closer to 10 percent. Further, in the last 24 hours, the Northern Virginia Region reported over 700 cases, while the rest of the Commonwealth reported approximately 270," the executive order issued by Northam earlier this month stated.
A man wearing a face mask walks past a mural in support of health workers during the novel coronavirus outbreak in Arlington, Virginia on May 6, 2020.At the Friday press briefing, Northam said a decision would be made later this week on whether Richmond, Northern Virginia and Accomack County of the eastern shore of Virginia can move into phase one of the reopening plan.
The novel coronavirus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has infected more than 5.4 million people globally, including over 1.6 million in the U.S. More than 2.1 million people around the world have reportedly recovered from infection, while over 345,500 have died, as of Monday, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University., illustrates the U.S. states with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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