DC Mayor Murial Bowser this week announced that she is extending the current public health emergency to February 15th, and the indoor mask mandate to February 28th.
The current executive order was issued on December 20th when trasmission rate was 42.8 cases per 100,000 persons. Despite a slowdown in recent days, the daily rate still stands at 51.3 per 100,000persons which is still relatevely high.
Hospitalization and deaths lag infections, so the District is facing increases in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, increased ventilator use by persons with COVID-19, and more deaths than the District experienced at the beginning of January. – Mayor Bowser
