Washington DC, may witness another peak of cases

4years ago

Washington news, US news.

Due to backlog in testing results, Washington, DC, has witnessed an increase in COVID-19 cases that happened on May 30.

Officials are anticipating a possible new peak in cases.

Based on newly identified cases and their corresponding symptom onset dates, DC Health has determined that a new peak in cases occurred on May 30. Therefore, the district has experienced three days of decrease in community spread of COVID-19 during phase 1.

Because of a backlog of lab results being reported after Memorial Day, and new cases being identified through contact tracing, the number of cases attributed to a specific symptom onset date will be impacted. This may result in a new peak and a resetting of day zero in the upcoming days.

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser said the numbers "are what they are," and encouraged residents to get tested.

The mayor has previously acknowledged the possibility of a drastic increase in cases due to protests, but that likely won't be seen for weeks.