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“Dear PoPville,
A local business is selling a pack of 50 disposable face masks for $65. Is that the going rate these days? My sense is pre-pandemic this would be ridiculous, but maybe that’s just how it is now. These are not N95. Packaging is generic. What prices are others seeing?”
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Ed. Note: Yesterday there were 2,793 total positives.
From the Mayor’s Office:
“The District’s reported data for Sunday, April 19, 2020 includes 134 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 2,927.
The District reported nine additional COVID-19 related deaths:
54-year-old female
67-year-old female
68-year-old female
73-year-old female
73-year-old male
76-year-old female
78-year-old female
82-year-old male
83-year-old female
Tragically, 105 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.”
DC COVID-19 Data for April 19, 2020
Total Tested Overall: 14,113
Total Positives: 2,927
Total Lives Lost: 105
Total Recovered: 630
Hospital Status Data
April 19, 2020
ICU Beds Available: 77
Total Ventilators: 444
In-Use Ventilators: 198
Available Ventilators: 246 (more…)
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From the Mayor’s Office:
“n coordination with the Bowser Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has issued a design/build contract to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., to convert the Walter E. Washington Convention Center into an alternate care facility to support the District’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19).
“While our goal is to never use the Convention Center, we must have the capacity to support a potential increase in COVID-19 patients,” said Mayor Bowser. “We thank the Army Corps, FEMA, and Events DC for their continued partnership during this public health emergency.”
Through a phased construction approach, 500 beds will be set up by the first week in May with the remaining 1,000 beds completed by the end of May. The plan converts the Convention Center’s three halls, approximately 473,000 square feet, into a facility to treat low-acuity patients. Low-acuity patients are non-ICU patients that do not require a ventilator. (more…)
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Ed. Note: Yesterday there were 2,666 total positives.
From the Mayor’s Office:
“The District’s reported data for Saturday, April 18, 2020 includes 127 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 2,793.
The District reported five additional COVID-19 related deaths:
· 61-year-old female
· 71-year-old male
· 82-year-old male
· 94-year-old female
· 96-year-old female
Tragically, 96 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.”
DC COVID-19 Data for April 18, 2020
Total Tested Overall: 13,699
Total Positives: 2,793
Total Lives Lost: 96
Total Recovered: 622
Hospital Status Data
April 17, 2020
ICU Beds Available: 80
Total Ventilators: 443
In-Use Ventilators: 203
Available Ventilators: 240″ (more…)
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Ed. Note: Yesterday there were 2,476 total positives.
From the Mayor’s Office:
“The District’s reported data for Friday, April 17, 2020 includes 190 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 2,666.
The District reported five additional COVID-19 related deaths:
· 69-year-old female
· 71-year-old female
· 79-year-old male
· 83-year-old male
· 87-year-old female
Tragically, 91 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.”
DC COVID-19 Data for April 17, 2020
Total Tested Overall: 13,268
Total Positives: 2,666
Total Lives Lost: 91
Total Recovered: 608
Hospital Status Data
April 17, 2020
ICU Beds Available: 87
Total Ventilators: 443
In-Use Ventilators: 205
Available Ventilators: 238 (more…)
Oh dear. Knew it was coming but still. Thought I was all set bu gonna have to buy some more gin after all.
The mayor has announced: “Learning at home will continue for the rest of the school year. We will close our school year early, and we’ll be able to say more about summer and the start of the next school year by May 15th.” (more…)
1645 Connecticut Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I go usually go to Hair Cuttery in Dupont Circle, because they have really affordable hair cuts. I know that my usual guy lives paycheck to paycheck so I was concerned. Hair stylists live off tips much like waiters. I reached out to my stylist and he said Hair Cuttery has done nothing to help them during this time. I sent my stylist money via CashApp, but there are 21 stylists at the Dupont Hair Cuttery. I started a GoFundMe to try and bring attention to the situation- maybe you could help spread the word?”
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Ed. Note: Yesterday there were 2,350 total positives.
From the Mayor’s Office:
“The District’s reported data for Thursday, April 16, 2020 includes 126 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 2,476.
The District reported five additional COVID-19 related deaths:
· 61-year-old male
· 68-year-old female
· 72-year-old female
· 82-year-old male
· 91-year-old female
Tragically, 86 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.”
DC COVID-19 Data for April 16, 2020
Total Tested Overall: 12,643
Total Positives: 2,476
Total Lives Lost: 86
Total Recovered: 573
Hospital Status Data
April 16, 2020
ICU Beds Available: 98
Total Ventilators: 443
In-Use Ventilators: 204
Available Ventilators: 239 (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I was hoping you could call attention to the problem of MedStar Georgetown employees discarding used personal protective equipment–like gloves, masks, and medical caps (see above)–on the streets and sidewalks of Burleith. While this has medical waste issue has been consistent June 2019, the problem has taken on special significance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The community has to track the problem.
As of writing, approximately 129 medical masks, gloves, caps, and the like have been found in Burleith, including 42 since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11th. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I see so many of your readers are looking for ways to help, which is amazing. I have a friend who is an ESL teacher in DC, Mariel Vallano. She started a Go Fund Me page to help her students who are going hungry. Mariel is doing wonderful work to help her students whose families can’t afford milk or bread, let alone laptops. But there are many families at her school who need help. These sweet children she teaches want to learn and succeed but many go to bed with tummy aches because they haven’t eaten since breakfast. Mariel’s students tell her they live in constant fear – not having food, being evicted, or worse. (more…)