In late December 2019, officials from the central Chinese city of Wuhan reported an outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness. This illness, later named COVID-19, is caused by a new strain of coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. The virus is thought to have evolved in bats or pangolins before jumping to humans, in what is called a zoonotic transmission. Within a […]
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situational Update for Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
Mayor Bowser Delivers Coronavirus Situational Report for Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Read More »
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced two monumental agreements to improve health care and address inequalities in health outcomes for District residents. The agreements include the construction of two new, state-of-the-art hospitals: a 136-bed hospital at St. Elizabeths East in Ward 8, operated by Universal Health Services in conjunction with […]
Thursday, April 30, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Wednesday, April 29, 2020 includes 217 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 4,323. The District reported 19 additional COVID-19 related deaths: 48-year-old male 55-year-old female 62-year-old male 63-year-old male 64-year-old female 66-year-old male 67-year-old male 67-year-old […]
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Hospital and Health Facility Presentation: Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced more than $8 million in additional support for the DC Small Business Recovery Microgrants Program. Award notifications began today and will continue through May 8, 2020. “In this unprecedented time, […]
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department\’s Criminal Investigations Division announce an arrest has been made in reference to Burglary Two and Theft Two offenses that occurred in the Second and Third Districts. Theft Two: On Saturday, January 4, 2020, at approximately 4:51 pm, the suspect took property from an establishment in […]
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced an arrest has been made in reference to a fatal shooting that occurred on Saturday, August 17, 2019, in the 1500 block of 18th Street, Southeast. At approximately 3:05 am, members of the Sixth District responded to the 1700 block of Q […]
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in the 3800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. Preliminary investigation revealed that at approximately 9:47 am, a vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed and crashed […]
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department\’s Second District seek the public’s assistance in identifying two persons and a vehicle of interest in reference to a Robbery (Force and Violence) offense that occurred on Friday, April 3, 2020, in the 600 block of 11th Street, Northwest. At approximately 6:30 pm, the […]
