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Coronavirus Data for October 28, 2021

Friday, October 29, 2021

(Washington, DC) –  The District’s reported data for October 28, 2021 includes 132 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 64,240.

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

  • 60-year-old female
  • 81-year-old female

Tragically, 1,190 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.

Reopening Metrics

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

64,240*

100

33,603

100

30,351

100

286

100

Unknown

131

<1

52

<1

72

<1

7

3

0-18

10,535

15

5,242

14

5,227

15

66

22

19-30

17,678

28

9,854

29

7,739

26

85

30

31-40

12,777

20

6,589

20

6,133

21

55

20

41-50

7,754

13

3,901

12

3,825

13

28

10

51-60

6,777

11

3,334

11

3,424

12

19

7

61-70

4,749

8

2,394

8

2,344

8

11

4

71-80

2,341

4

1,276

4

1,059

4

6

3

81+

1,498

3

961

3

528

2

9

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.

Cumulative Incidence by Ward

 

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

Cumulative Incidence by Health Planning Neighborhood

 

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

 

Total Positive Cases

Percent

All

64,240

100

Race

 

 

Unknown

261

<1

American Indian/Alaska Native

109

<1

Asian

1,324

2

Black/African American

33,529

52

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

129

<1

Other/Multi-Racial

13,276

21

White

15,610

25

Refused During Interview

2

<1

Ethnicity

 

 

Unknown

6,364

9

Hispanic or Latinx

10,016

16

NOT Hispanic or Latinx

47,846

75

Refused During Interview

14

<1

 

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

Hospital Census and Bed Availability

 

Below is the ventilator use and availability at District hospitals.

Adult Ventilator Use

The District currently has 67 intensive care unit (ICU) beds available in hospitals out of 345 total ICU beds.

  • 278 total ICU inpatients
  • 15 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

1,190

100

Asian

14

1

Black/African American

916

76

Hispanic/Latinx

126

11

Non-Hispanic White

112

10

Other

22

2

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

Sex

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,190

100

Female

547

45

Male

643

55

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

Age

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,190

100

<19

0

0

20-29

5

0

30-39

26

2

40-49

53

4

50-59

156

13

60-69

288

24

70-79

283

24

80+

379

32

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

Ward

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,190

100

1

111

10

2

52

5

3

58

5

4

173

15

5

218

18

6

129

11

7

187

16

8

235

19

Experienced Homelessness

24

2

Unknown

3

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.