“We just had 4,000 cases yesterday here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. … We’ve just 1,142 children in serious, in hospitals, in ICU beds.”
Terry McAuliffe
Former Virginia governor (D). remarks at WRIC gubernatorial forum. Claim dated 21 Oct 2021.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The "4,000" is nota daily figure but a weekend number; the "1.142" is not a daily number but an inflated figure for child hospitalizations over 20 months of the pandemic.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Terry McAuliffe (Former Virginia governor (D)) made this claim around 21 October 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 October 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Where the claim appeared
- grabien.comhttps://grabien.com/getmedia.php?id=1360343&key=3b12b31d53a675408f9a50872aafab23&userid=1…
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