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Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Thursday, March 26th. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is asking health professionals to volunteer to help during the coronavirus pandemic and is mandating all medical facilities postpone elective surgeries. In the past 24 hours, 101 more people have confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The move from 290 to 391 was a jump of 35%.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for [day, date]. Pointing to what data, science and experts have been telling him, Gov. Ralph Northam said Tuesday the state is at least two or three months away from returning to normal life following the coronavirus pandemic. “While it would be nice to say this will be behind us in two weeks, that’s really not what the data tells us,” he said at a press conference in Richmond.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Tuesday, March 24th. Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday put in place the most restrictive measures the state has seen thus far to combat the spread of the coronavirus as he emphasized that Virginia is entering a period of “sacrifice.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Monday, January 23rd. As health officials reported 67 new coronavirus cases in Virginia — bringing the total to 219, the biggest jump yet — Gov. Ralph Northam said the state is very much still in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak and residents should prepare for it to last months, not weeks.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Lucas Dixon, and here are our top headlines for March 20th. As testing supplies expand across the state, the tally of confirmed coronavirus cases continued to rise Thursday, with the latest statewide count ratcheting up to 94. Meanwhile, with the pandemic shutting down many businesses, more than 14,000 Virginians filed for unemployment so far this week — a massive jump from the norm.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Thursday, March 19th. There have now been 77 cases of the coronavirus identified in Virginia, a top state health official said Wednesday. The numbers include three “outbreaks,” one of 13 people in James City County and two others in the Richmond area, said Dr. Norm Oliver, the deputy commissioner for population health for the Virginia Department of Health.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Wednesday, March 18th. Governor Ralph Northam said coronavirus cases have risen to 67 across the state. Two Virginians have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus spreading rapidly around the world. Both men in their 70s lived on the Peninsula, an area that has seen a cluster of infections in the past week.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Tuesday, March 19th. A man in his 70s died Monday from respiratory failure caused by the coronavirus, according to a news release from the Peninsula Health District. The man, who had been hospitalized, is the second death reported on the Peninsula and in the state. Officials say they haven’t determined how the man came in contact with the virus. They would not confirm the city he lived in, only the health district.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Monday, March 16th. Gov. Ralph Northam announced a ban of events with more than 100 people and encouraged people on the Peninsula to avoid going out to restaurants, bars, churches and other gathering places. State health officials said they were particularly concerned about the rising number of cases on the Peninsula, an area that has been hit hard by the respiratory illness.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Lucas Dixon, and here are our top headlines for Friday, March 13th. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency Thursday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, as the state’s number of confirmed cases grew to 17. Northam advised all Virginians to avoid large gatherings “for the time being.