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Monday, July 6, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Sunday, July 5, 2020 includes 33 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,515. The District reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths. 74-year-old female 97-year-old female Tragically, 561 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for

Need a Test? Get a Test. DC residents, 6 years of age and older, experiencing any COVID-19 symptom (fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, congestion, body aches, chills, runny nose) or with known exposure to COVID-19 should get a COVID-19 test. You DO NOT need a doctor\’s note for any of

Sunday, July 5, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for July 4, 2020 includes 35 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,482. The District reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths. 64-year-old male 72-year-old female Tragically, 559 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for

Thursday, July 2, 2020 On Saturday, July 4, 2020, Fourth of July related activity, along with First Amendment demonstrations, will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with these events, there will be extensive street closures that motorists should take into consideration.   The following streets will be closed beginning at 6:00 p.m. on

Thursday, July 2, 2020 On Saturday, July 4, 2020, the 2020 Fourth of July Celebration will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be watercraft restrictions on the Potomac River that operators should take into consideration. The following watercraft restrictions will be in place on the Potomac River from approximately 4:00

Thursday, July 2, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Wednesday, July 1, 2020 includes 25 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,390. The District reported one additional COVID-19 related death. 82-year-old female Tragically, 554 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for interactive

Wednesday, July 1, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser awarded $3.6 million in funding to DC-based nonprofits that are conducting public health outreach, particularly with vulnerable populations, to support the District’s response to COVID-19. “These HOPE grants acknowledge and support the critical role community organizations play in ensuring Washingtonians have the information and

June 30, 2020 Click here to sign up for OAG\’s newsletter. Screenshot from new D.C. Statehood video from 51 for 51 narrated by AG Racine.   In a historic move last week, the U.S. House of Representatives finally voted to grant the District of Columbia’s more than 700,000 residents one of the most fundamental American