Victoria County health officials reported another single-day record number of COVID-19 cases Wednesday.
The county reported 45 newly confirmed cases of the disease, bringing it to a 414 confirmed case total. The case number is two cases lower than what was previously reported.
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I like the case count graph. But the legend needs a change. Blue should be Total rather than Recovered.
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