1/3 of local COVID-19 cases involve health care workers Evan Jones April 29, 2020 1 minute read Local health officials released a new fact to go with the latest number of COVID-19 cases – one third of those in our area involve health care workers, and that makes tracing all their contacts a lot more complicated, as WFIR’s Evan Jones reports: Share: Post navigation Previous: VDH adds new feature to answer questions about “COVID-19 and You”Next: State GOP question lag in COVID-19 testing in Virginia Related Stories Rep. Ben Cline Launches Statewide Grassroots Effort to Defeat Redistricting Referendum Clark Palmer March 5, 2026 0 Does the Roanoke arts and culture scene Pop! for you? Check it out this weekend Gene Marrano March 4, 2026 0 9 to 5 opens at MMT, two more plays coming to the area next week and the RSO presents Shostakovich’s Fifth – A Symphony of Change Gene Marrano March 4, 2026 0