DC On Track To Re-Open Bowser Says; 8 New Coronavirus Deaths

WASHINGTON, DC — Based on information released by the D.C. Department of Health, the District is on track toward re-opening from the mandated stay-at-home order issued by Mayor Muriel Bowser

Last week, Bowser extended her stay-at-home order through June 8, but on Monday she noted that D.C. Health was reporting eight days of a sustained decrease in community spread of COVID-19, the illness associated with the new coronavirus. Bowser had previously given a 14-day decrease in community spread as one of the milestones the city needed to reach before she would reconsider re-opening the District. On Tuesday morning, D.C. Health reported a nine-day decrease in community spread.

Bowser said during a press briefing Monday morning that the transmission rate in the city had remained under one for more than a period of three days, another criteria she would take into account when deciding if the District should re-open.

"We continue to have our hospital usage trending in the right direction as well, so we're on track," she said, adding that the District's contact tracing capability is almost where it needs to be as well.

D.C. Health confirmed eight new deaths Tuesday due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths in the District to 400.

D.C. Health also confirmed 164 new positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the overall total to 7,270.

The new deaths in the District are described as:

• 61-year-old female
• 62-year-old female
• 75-year-old male
• 75-year-old male
• 78-year-old male
• 84-year-old male
• 88-year-old male
• 91-year-old female

D.C. Health has confirmed 39,374 District residents have been tested for the coronavirus and 1,040 have recovered. Contact tracing investigations are focused positive cases tied to health care workers and first responders, senior care facilities, correctional and detention centers, child care facilities and facilities serving homeless individuals.

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Globally, more than 4.8 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and over 319,000 people have died, Johns Hopkins University reported Tuesday morning. In the United States, more than 1.5 million people have been infected and over 90,000 people have died from COVID-19.

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