WATCH: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gives April 19 coronavirus update Governor spoke at about 2:20 p.m.
Gov. Ralph Northam gave an update on the coronavirus in the commonwealth on Monday afternoon.
[Where are Virginia’s coronavirus cases? The health department’s interactive map]
As of Monday, Virginia is reporting 647,111 of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March 2020.
Rather than speak from Richmond, the governor was be joined by federal, state and local officials at the new Tysons Community Vaccination Center.
Monday’s news conference was be his 20th briefing regarding COVID-19, and first since March 23 , since he ended his bi-weekly conferences back in June 2020 .
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