As of 12/27/2022 this dataset will be updated weekly on Tuesdays but maintains it's daily granularity.

*As of 1/1/2022 3 cases are required to be considered an outbreak, previously it was 2.

The number of COVID-19 outbreaks reported in Virginia by date VDH notified of the outbreak and by facility type group. This data set was first published on May 09, 2020. The data set increases in size daily and as a result, the dataset may take longer to update; however, it is expected to be available by 12:00 noon. When you download the data set, the dates will be sorted in ascending order, meaning that the earliest date will be at the top. To see data for the most recent date, please scroll down to the bottom of the data set. Starting on September 25, 2020, the Educational Setting Outbreaks will be divided into the following categories: Child care, K-12 and Colleges/ Universities.

This data has been restarted and published 8/25, going forward on Fridays. We are working on the metadata currently to better reflect this. All data is from 8/1 going forward, and now includes colleges.

As of July 1, 2021, the reporting of COVID-19 outbreaks within selected settings by facility name, number of cases, and deaths is no longer required by law, and this dataset will not be updated after June 30, 2021.
This dataset includes data reported to VDH on outbreaks that occurred in medical care facilities, residential or day programs licensed by Virginia Department of Health (VDH), Department of Social Services (DSS), or Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), summer camps, and kindergarten (K)-12th grade schools in Virginia. The data included are the name of the facility, locality of the facility, date VDH is notified about the outbreak, status of the outbreak, and the number of associated cases and deaths. This data set was first published on December 18, 2020. This data set was last updated on June 25, 2021.

Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) donations and population served by Locality from January 2019 through June 2021 as reported by Federation of Virginia Food Banks

As of 12/27/2022 this dataset will be updated weekly on Tuesdays but maintains it's daily granularity. We are experiencing delays in correctly adding 0-5 booster vaccines.

This dataset includes the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received for each locality in Virginia by ship date and by facility type. The data set increases in size daily and as a result, the dataset may take longer to update; however, it is expected to be available by 12:00 noon.

As of 12/27/2022 this dataset will be updated weekly on Tuesdays but maintains it's daily granularity.

This dataset includes the cumulative (total) number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths for each health district in Virginia by report date and by sex. This dataset was first published on April 01, 2020. The data set increases in size daily and as a result, the dataset may take longer to update; however, it is expected to be available by 12:00 noon. When you download the data set, the dates will be sorted in ascending order, meaning that the earliest date will be at the top. To see data for the most recent date, please scroll down to the bottom of the data set. The Virginia Department of Health’s Thomas Jefferson Health District (TJHD) will be renamed to Blue Ridge Health District (BRHD), effective January 2021. More information about this change can be found here: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blue-ridge/name-change/

This dataset includes the number and rate of emergency department (ED) visits for firearm injury (FAI) in Virginia by year and by the city/county of the patient. City/county localities are assigned using the patient's residential zip code for Virginia residents. Patients with non-Virginia or unknown zip codes are grouped as 'Out of State.' FAI visit counts are combined for some cities and counties due to zip codes spanning multiple localities. Data set includes FAI visits from 2015 through the most recent complete year.

Each row represents the number and rate emergency department visits for firearm injury that occurred in Virginia by year and by patient geography. Firearm injury visits are identified using key terms in the chief complaint (reason for visit) and discharge diagnosis codes. Key terms include: gun with wound, GSW, gunshot, buckshot, revolver, rifle, shotgun, firearm, pistol, handgun, been shot, I was shot, I got shot, combination of hit, ricochet, graze with bullet. ICD-10 diagnosis codes: W32.0, W32.1, W33.0, W33.1, W34.0, W34.1, X72, X73, X74, X93, X94, X95, Y22, Y23, Y24, Y35.0, Y38.4 SNOMED diagnosis codes: 41430008, 56768003, 63409001, 69861004, 77301004, 86122002, 111050005, 219257002, 283545005, 218081007, 218086002, 218082000, 218087006, 218088001, 269796009, 242869008, 219199009, 219200007, 219201006, 219204003, 219205002, 219203009, 219198001, 219142001, 219143006, 219144000, 219145004, 219146003, 287184008, 287193009. Exclusions: follow-up visits, visits involving other types of guns (e.g., staple gun), visits where firearm was used as a weapon but not fired (e.g., pistol whip).

As of 12/27/2022 this dataset will be updated weekly on Tuesdays but maintains it's daily granularity. We are experiencing delays in correctly adding 0-5 booster vaccines.

This dataset includes the number of people in each locality by vaccination status, age group type, and age group. The data set increases in size daily and as a result, the dataset may take longer to update; however, it is expected to be available by 12:00 noon.

Commonwealth causes are criminal court cases filed by the state government that consist primarily of warrants, summons, subpoenas, indictments, recognizances, and verdicts handed down by juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. Some commonwealth causes commonly found in Virginia Untold include cases against enslavers who permitted their enslaved people to travel as free people without permission or permitting a gathering of enslaved people on their property. White Virginians and legislators feared insurrection and passed laws restricting the number of Black and multiracial people allowed to gather in groups. Other cases found in this collection might include crimes committed by both enslaved and free Black people such as breaking and entering, stealing, assault, murder, arson, and aiding enslaved people to self-emancipate. Formerly enslaved men and women could also be tried for remaining in the commonwealth more than one year following emancipation. In 1806, the General Assembly passed a law stating that all formerly enslaved people freed after May 1, 1806, were required to leave the commonwealth. Those who remained in the commonwealth more than twelve months could be put on trial by the state, and if found guilty, would be re-enslaved and sold. The proceeds from the sale went to the state treasury, and often, records of those sales can be found in the Public Claims records from the Auditor of Public Accounts.



The commonwealth causes reveal an inconsistency in forms of conviction and punishment for white versus Black and multiracial individuals. Throughout the early nineteenth century, Virginia legislators revised the laws in ways that reduced the legal status of free Black and multiracial people to that of enslaved, thereby creating a legal system based on race. In 1831, Nat Turner led a revolt in Southampton County that prompted more legal restrictions on Virginia’s Black population including prohibiting Black people to learn to read and write, practice certain trades, and sell goods. After 1832, Virginia law required free Blacks to stand trial in the same courts as enslaved people, known as Oyer and Terminer. In various years, free Black men and women were sold into slavery as punishment for certain crimes. While public whipping originated as a form of punishment for all those convicted, in Virginia, it was retained for those who were Black, free or enslaved, and officially outlawed as a punishment for white criminals in 1848. Often, Black individuals served much longer penitentiary sentences while the cases of white men, who had committed the same or similar crimes, were dismissed.



In the eighteenth century, many enslaved people convicted of capital crimes were hanged. To curb the spectacle of so many public executions, an 1801 law allowed the governor to sell condemned enslaved people to those who agreed to transport them out of Virginia. The state hoped that by exiling these individuals, they would not commit a second offense in the commonwealth. In 1858, another change occurred when the state realized that they were losing money on convicted felons. Additionally, territories such as the West Indies and states in the Deep South such as Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana were no longer interested in receiving enslaved felons. The new act allowed the governor to commute sentences of transportation to labor on the public works for life. Commuting sentences meant that the state assigned enslaved people a value, and their enslavers received payment from the state for their human property. Enslavers submitted public claims to the Auditor of Public Accounts, the chief auditor and accountant of the Virginia General Assembly and the records of those sales can be found in Public Claims.

This dataset includes the number of COVID-19 PCR testing encounters, positive PCR tests, and percent positivity for PCR tests for each locality in Virginia by 14-day lab report date periods. Data for Covington, Emporia, Lexington, and Manassas Park are represented by the data for Alleghany, Greensville, Rockbridge, and Manassas, respectively. This data set was first published on October 05, 2020.The data set increases in size daily and as a result, the dataset may take longer to update; however, it is expected to be available by 12:00 noon weekly. When the data set is downloaded via the "Export" option, the dates will be sorted in ascending order, meaning that the earliest date will be at the top. To see data for the most recent date, please scroll down to the bottom of the data set.