Hospitals across Virginia are set to resume elective operations after May 1 following  Gov. Ralph Northam announcement Wednesday that he’ll allow the ban on elective surgeries to expire.

Virginia hospitals haven’t seen a surge in patients from COVID-19 as they initially predicted in March. With patient loads remaining manageable, many facilities had asked that the ban to be lifted.

Northam’s decision comes a day after the University of Virginia Health System said it was furloughing employees and cutting pay of physicians and executives. The UVA Medical Center has hundreds of empty beds and has seen surgeries and clinical visits drop by 70% and 90%, respectively, leading to a deficit of $85 million a month, officials said earlier this week.

Throughout Virginia, nearly 15,000 have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, 2,259 people have been hospitalized, and 522 people have died with the virus.

On Wednesday, the Virginia Department of Health reported one additional case of COVID-19 in both Danville and Pittsylvania County. Danville now has 34 cases and Pittsylvania County has 12, for a total of 46 in the Pittsylvania-Danville Health District. 119 people have been hospitalized in the Pittsylvania-Danville Health District.