Centra Health

Just like other parts of the state, the Roanoke City-Alleghany Health District is experiencing record high numbers of COVID infections and hospitalizations.

Two health care systems that serve parts of western Virginia are postponing elective and non-emergency surgeries as more COVID-19 patients come to their hospitals.

The main healthcare provider in the Lynchburg area will require all of its 7,600 employees to get vaccinated by November 1st. Meanwhile, The New River Health District has begun rolling out vaccine booster doses to immunocompromised individuals following federal approval last week.