RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is ramping up pool safety warnings as the number of child drownings continues to rise across the state. More children under five have drowned this year than they have in any of the past five years.
As of Monday, July 21, nine children under the age of five have died in swimming pool drownings in 2025. Five of those deaths happened in Central Virginia.
The most recent incident occurred earlier in the month, when a toddler in Henrico County was found unresponsive after being pulled from a pool…