Coronavirus numbers

“DC CAN COVID-19 Exposure Notification System Ceasing Operations May 11”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Emma K Alexandra

Justin writes:

“Understandable but unfortunate. It was DC CAN that informed me of my April 2022 exposure, and it’s instruction to rapid test resulted in my positive diagnosis a good 36 hours before I developed symptoms, allowing me to protect others in the interlude.”

From DC Health:

“DC Health would like to thank residents for using the DC COVID Alert Notice (DC CAN) COVID-19 exposure notification system to help protect yourself and our community. Exposure notifications helped to prevent thousands of cases of COVID-19 during the pandemic and allowed people to take action to prevent its spread. In DC alone, over 37,000 people used DC CAN to anonymously alert others of possible exposure to COVID-19, generating more than a million exposure notifications.

The nationwide program that supports the DC CAN exposure notification system will discontinue operations on May 11, 2023. As a result, (more…)

“hearing anything regarding Paxlovid and COVID?”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I think it’s important for folks to know and unsure if you are hearing anything regarding Paxlovid and COVID. Basically tested positive almost two weeks ago and was able to get on Paxlovid, after three days of minor symptoms I was fine. Finished my dosage 5 days ago. Had 4 negative tests in a row. Woke up this morning with sinus infection like symptoms, did another test and immediately went positive. (more…)

Weekly Coronavirus Numbers

By Prince Of Petworth

last week we reported that “DC Health Announces New COVID-19 Community Level Metrics”. The District’s COVID-19 Community Level at that time was low.

Whoops, didn’t mean to publish this but kept pushing the time back assuming I’d get a press release and then I went to the movies (Licorice Pizza – it was excellent), and forgot about this. I may have had some gin too. OK then, here’s where you can find the key metrics, currently still low.

“DC Health Announces New COVID-19 Community Level Metrics”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Jeff Vincent

From the Mayor’s Office:

“Today, DC Health announced the District’s new COVID-19 Community Level key metrics. The updated key metrics are in line with the announcement made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, February 25, that it was releasing a new framework to monitor the level of COVID-19 in communities that includes hospitalizations, hospital capacity, and cases. This new approach focuses on preventing hospitals and healthcare systems from being overwhelmed and directing prevention efforts toward protecting people at high risk for severe illness. The COVID-19 Community Level will inform DC Health’s recommendations on prevention measures, like masking and testing. The District’s current COVID-19 Community Level is low. (more…)

February 28 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 59 confirmed 18 probable

By Prince Of Petworth


February 25-27 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 238 confirmed 63 probable

From the Mayor’s Office:

“The District’s reported data for February 28, 2022 includes 59 new confirmed positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall confirmed positive case total to 134,623. The District also reports 18 new probable tests, bringing the overall positive probable tests since October 15, 2021 to 9,568.

The District reported that one additional resident lost her life due to COVID-19.

74-year-old female

Tragically, 1,319 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 the District’s current Key Metrics Summary Table.” (more…)

February 25-27 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 238 confirmed 63 probable

By Prince Of Petworth

February 24 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 112 confirmed 14 probable

From the Mayor’s Office:

“The District’s reported data for February 25-27, 2022 includes 238 new confirmed positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall confirmed positive case total to 134,564. The District also reports 63 new probable tests, bringing the overall positive probable tests since October 15, 2021 to 9,550.

The District reported that one additional resident lost her life due to COVID-19.

· 68-year-old female

Tragically, 1,318 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 the District’s current Key Metrics Summary Table.” (more…)

February 24 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 112 confirmed 14 probable

By Prince Of Petworth


February 23 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 100 confirmed 20 probable

From the Mayor’s Office:

“The District’s reported data for February 24, 2022 includes 112 new confirmed positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall confirmed positive case total to 134,326. The District also reports 14 new probable tests, bringing the overall positive probable tests since October 15, 2021 to 9,487.

The District reported no additional lives lost related to COVID-19.

Tragically, 1,317 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 the District’s current Key Metrics Summary Table.” (more…)

February 23 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 100 confirmed 20 probable

By Prince Of Petworth


February 22 Coronavirus Data New Cases: 48 confirmed 9 probable

From the Mayor’s Office:

“The District’s reported data for February 23, 2022 includes 100 new confirmed positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall confirmed positive case total to 134,214. The District also reports 20 new probable tests, bringing the overall positive probable tests since October 15, 2021 to 9,473.

The District reported no additional lives lost related to COVID-19.

Tragically, 1,317 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 the District’s current Key Metrics Summary Table.” (more…)

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