Coronavirus Data for August 17, 2021

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(Washington, DC) -  The District’s reported data for August 17, 2021 includes 109 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 72 backlogged cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 53,024. 

The District reported that two additional residents lost their lives due to COVID-19.

  • 80-year-old female
  • 66-year-old male

Tragically, 1,153 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.

Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for interactive data dashboards or to download COVID-19 data.
 
Below is a summary of the District’s current ReOpening Metrics.

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Below is the District’s aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by age and gender.

 

 

Patient Gender

 

Total Positive Cases

%

Female

%

Male

%

Unknown

%

All

53,024*

100

27,699

100

25,141

100

184

100

Unknown

63

<1

20

<1

38

<1

5

3

0-18

7,146

14

3,594

13

3,528

14

24

13

19-30

14,476

    27

8,005

29

6,410

26

61

33

31-40

10,648

20

5,453

20

5,156

21

39

21

41-50

6,726

13

3,382

12

3,324

13

20

11

51-60

6,066

12

2,991

11

3,061

12

14

8

61-70

4,330

8

2,180

8

2,142

9

8

4

71-80

2,177

4

1,181

4

991

4

5

3

81+

1,392

3

893

3

491

2

8

4

*Includes <10 cases who reported gender as Other/Transgender.

 

Below is the District’s aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by ward of residence.

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Below is the District’s aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by neighborhood of residence.

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Below is the District’s aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by race.

 

Total Positive Cases

Percent

All

53,024

100

Race

 

 

Unknown

295

1

American Indian/Alaska Native

104

<1

Asian

1,139

2

Black/African American

27,325

52

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

109

<1

Other/Multi-Racial

10,593

20

White

13,457

25

Refused During Interview

2

<1

Ethnicity

 

 

Unknown

3,834

7

Hispanic or Latinx

9,391

18

NOT Hispanic or Latinx

39,784

75

Refused During Interview

15

<1

 

Below is the District’s Hospital Census and hospital bed availability at District hospitals.

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Below is the ventilator use and availability at District hospitals.

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The District currently has 60 intensive care unit (ICU) beds available in hospitals out of 345 total ICU beds.

  • 285 total ICU inpatients
  • 26 COVID-19 positive ICU patients

Below is the District’s total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by race.

Race

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,153

100

Asian

14

1

Black/African American

881

76

Hispanic/Latinx

126

11

Non-Hispanic White

111

10

Other

21

2

 

Below is the District’s total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by sex.

Sex

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,153

100

Female

523

45

Male

630

55

 

Below is the District’s total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by age.

Age

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,153

100

<19

0

0

20-29

5

0

30-39

24

2

40-49

48

4

50-59

146

13

60-69

281

24

70-79

277

24

80+

372

32

 

Below is the District’s total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by ward of residence.

 

Ward

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,153

100

1

110

10

2

52

5

3

57

5

4

168

15

5

209

18

6

126

11

7

179

16

8

225

19

Experienced Homelessness

24

2

Unknown

2

0

 

Guidance has been published for healthcare providers, employers and the public to provide information on what to do if you have been diagnosed with or are a contact of someone who has COVID-19.

Residents are encouraged to get vaccinated at one of our free walk-up vaccination sites located throughout the District. For more information, please visit vaccines.gov.

Last updated: 4:19 PM EDT August 19, 2021
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