2 New Coronavirus Deaths In DC; 586 Total Positive Cases

WASHINGTON, DC — The D.C. Health Department confirmed Wednesday two new deaths of District residents resulting from the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. This brings the total number of coronavirus deaths in the District to 11.

During a Wednesday morning briefing, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser identified one of the new individuals as a 71-year-old female who died at home.

"Based on what we know at this point, the individual was not previously tested and we learned of their COVID status at the time of death," said Dr. LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, director of D.C. Health.

Bowser also confirmed 91 new positive cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of positive cases in the District to 586.

Positive COVID-19 Cases for the District of Columbia:

On Tuesday night, the District also confirmed there were five additional positive cases among D.C. Fire and EMS personnel and four additional positive cases among members of the Metropolitan Police Department. This brings the the total to 21 positive cases for D.C. Fire and EMS and 13 for MPD.

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"Some of these results came from the first responder testing that took place on Monday," DC Fire and EMS Chief Gregory M. Dean said, in a statement. "Seventeen of those tests came back negative and 13 confirmed already known positive members. This brings the current number of those who have tested positive to 21 within the DC Fire and EMS Department. To date, nine of the 21 members who have tested positive have recovered and will soon return to full duty."

Earlier today, DC Fire and EMS Chief Gregory M. Dean informed those across the Department of seven additional members who have tested positive with COVID-19 or the Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/6gT1uAntpA
— DC Fire and EMS #StayHomeDC (@dcfireems) April 1, 2020

D.C. Health has started to report coronavirus data broken down by age, gender and ward.

Aggregated Total Of Positive COVID-19 Cases By Age And Gender:

Bowser warned the public not to read too much into the ward data.

"Our epidemiologists and DoH professionals draw no conclusions from the data as it's reported, except we have no hot spots in the city," she said. "No matter which ward you live in, we need your assistance. Our message is very clear. Stay at home and stop the spread of the virus and save lives in D.C. and our nation."

Aggregated Total of Positive COVID-19 Cases Sorted By Ward:

As of Tuesday, the District had 95 ICU beds available for coronavirus patients. Of the 422 ventilators in the District, 147 are in-use, leaving 237 available.

Bowser said she has requested more ventilators from FEMA. In addition, the District government allocated contingency funding last week for the purchase of new ventilators. Still, she said a national distribution based on need for each locality is what was in order.

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