Virginia’s most populous jurisdiction will be among the last to declare an end to the pandemic state of emergency in the Washington region.
, Virginia and Maryland have let their states of emergency expire but have temporarily helped struggling hospitals during surges in cases.
McKay said Fairfax could have ended its emergency declaration sooner because of the county’s consistently low numbers of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. But, he said, the county decided to allow the declaration to continue so it could take advantage of federal pandemic funds.The seven-day average number of newly reported cases in Fairfax was 157 Tuesday, less than a third of what it was during the last surge in December.
Though the virus is still a hazard, the main concern in ending the local emergency declaration on Tuesday was how it will affect local restaurants that have been able to offer outdoor dining in parking lots, thanks to revised zoning regulations related to the pandemic.
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