More than 700 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in Virginia Thursday, as the death toll rose from 349 to 372.

There are 1,379 confirmed positive COVID-19 patients who are hospitalized, some with results pending. 1,567 confirmed COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized and discharged.

The Virginia Department of Health is reporting four new cases in Danville and Pittsylvania County over the past 24 hours, two in Danville and two in the county. Danville has a total of 31 cases of the coronavirus. There are now 11 cases in Pittsylvania County.

Gov. Ralph Northam said he is still waiting for the number of COVID-19 cases to peak in Virginia.  While he said the numbers aren’t rising as quickly, Northam told reporters Thursday that “each day we have more cases than we have had as the baseline, so that curve is still going up.”

Northam said Thursday that he will extend a ban on non-emergency surgeries for another week.

The announcement came the same day as a group representing more than 100 hospitals in Virginia asked him to allow the ban to expire Friday.

Northam imposed the ban last month in an effort to reserve capacity in the state’s healthcare system for coronavirus patients and personal protective equipment for providers treating those patients.

The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association sent Northam a letter saying state hospitals have enough capacity now to treat both coronavirus patients and elective surgery patients. The group said an estimated 60,000 Virginians have had their non-urgent medical procedures canceled over the past month.