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Ed. Note: Yesterday there were 5,322 total positives.
Update: Neighborhood level map added:
From the Mayor’s Office:
“The District’s reported data for Tuesday, May 5, 2020 includes 139 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 5,461.
The District reported 14 additional COVID-19 related deaths:
· 59-year-old male
· 68-year-old male
· 71-year-old male
· 74-year-old female
· 75-year-old male
· 79-year-old male
· 80-year-old male
· 85-year-old male
· 86-year-old female
· 89-year-old male
· 91-year-old male
· 96-year-old female
· 98-year-old female
· 100-year-old female
Tragically, 277 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. The District has determined that a previously reported death was not due to COVID-19 and has been removed from the reported total of lives lost.”
Coronavirus Data
May 5, 2020
Total Tested Overall: 24,984
Total Positives: 5,461
Total Lives Lost: 277
Total Recovered: 808
Hospital Status Data
May 5, 2020
Total ICU Beds in Hospitals: 345
ICU Beds Available: 47
Total Reported Ventilators in Hospitals: 440
In-Use Ventilators in Hospitals: 241
Available Ventilators in Hospitals: 199
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3249 M Street, NW via Loopnet (formerly painted blue, that tobacco/vape spot.) Bisnow’s Emily Wishingrad with the big news yesterday: “A Raising Cane’s is coming to Georgetown on M St….
Thanks to Olivia for sending these great shots from Capitol Hill over the weekend:
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The Washington Opera Society Presents
Giacomo Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West”
Featuring: Jonathan Burton, Michael Butler, Kristin Sampson, Kevin Short, with Adam Cioffari, Andrew Boivert, Peter Burroughs, Collin Power, Josh Bates, Carl Rosenthal, Jude Regan, Jose Sacin, Solomon Collins, Anamer Castrello, Noah Mond, and Maestro Julian Benichou conducting the Chorus & Orchestra of the Washington Opera Society.
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Beyond Boundaries: An Evening Curated by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
May 22-25 at 8pm
May 25-26 at 2pm
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa curates a special evening, including her lauded 2019 TWB commission, Delusional Beauty. Works from emerging choreographers, Chanel Da Silva and Houston Thomas will elevate diverse voices
