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RICHMOND, Va. – New figures from the Virginia Department of Health Saturday show the coronavirus death toll in the state has risen to 130.

There are now 5,077 “presumptively positive” cases of the coronavirus in Virginia as of April 11.

As of Saturday at 9 a.m., the Virginia Dept. of Health reports that 37,999 people have been tested for the virus statewide.

The Virginia Department of Health reported that it had received results from 35,459 COVID-19 tests. While lack of access to testing has been an issue nationally, Virginia ranks 24th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia in the total number of tests it has performed, according to data gathered by the COVID Tracking Project. Because it is one of the more populous states, Virginia has ranked toward the bottom in testing rates per person.

Currently, the state receives between 2,500 and 4,000 test results each day from labs that can take from 24 hours to a week to process, according to state Secretary for Health and Human Resources Dan Carey.

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