Highlights (July 19-July 30)
Highlights include:
- Since March 30, 2020, the COVID-19 Health and Medical Branch has continued to support COVID-19 diagnostic sampling in the District. As of July 12, 2021, the District has supported 578,530 samples. The number of samples has increased by 5,499 since last reported on July 13.
- As of July 19, 2021, the District has administered 884,967 vaccine doses, which is an increase of 18,059 vaccine doses since last reported on June 30; 53.8% of District residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
- On Friday, July 23, 2021, DC Health released the District of Columbia COVID-19 Pandemic Health and Healthcare Recovery Report. With a focus on equity, this report provides an assessment of the District’s current and emerging health needs while offering solutions for improving DC’s health system in five domains: workforce, health information technology, health planning, and community health services. This report can be found here.
- The Mayor issued a new Mayor’s Order 2021-096 which updates the Public Emergency and ends the Public Health Emergency that had been in effect since March 22, 2020.
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Today's Press Release and Data
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The District’s reported data for Wednesday, July 28, 2021 includes 61 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 50,329.
The District reported that one additional resident lost her life due to COVID-19.
Tragically, 1,149 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.
Please visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for interactive data dashboards or to download COVID-19 data.
Mayor Bowser's Press Conferences (July 19-July 30)
Situational Update Presentations:
Reminders
- Getting vaccinated is the key to ending the pandemic and getting our lives back. The vaccine is safe to take and it is going to save the lives of people in our community. Getting vaccinated protects you, your family and DC. Learn more: vaccinate.dc.gov and watch Mayor Bowser's video.
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