District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor

12/08/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/08/2021 21:10

Coronavirus Data for December 7, 2021

(Washington, DC) The District's reported data for December 7, 2021 includes 126 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District's overall positive case total to 68,262.

The District reported no additional COVID-19 related deaths.

Tragically, 1,197 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 a summary of the District's current Key Metrics Summary Table.

Below is the District's aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by age and gender.

Patient Gender

Total Positive Cases

%

Female

%

Male

%

Unknown

%

All

68,262*

100

35,615

100

32,262

100

385

100

Unknown

133

<1

52

<1

74

<1

7

3

0-18

11,618

15

5,768

14

5,748

15

102

22

19-30

18,880

28

10,515

29

8,249

26

116

30

31-40

13,548

20

6,978

20

6,497

21

73

20

41-50

8,172

13

4,082

12

4,054

13

36

10

51-60

7,055

11

3,458

11

3,578

12

19

7

61-70

4,914

8

2,473

8

2,427

8

14

4

71-80

2,417

4

1,313

4

1,096

4

8

3

81+

1,525

3

976

3

539

2

10

4

*Includes <10 cases who reported gender as Other/Transgender.

Below is the District's aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by ward of residence.

Below is the District's aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by neighborhood of residence.

Below is the District's aggregated total of positive COVID-19 cases, sorted by race.

Total Positive Cases

Percent

All

68,262

100

Race

Unknown

240

<1

American Indian/Alaska Native

114

<1

Asian

1,411

2

Black/African American

35,282

52

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

136

<1

Other/Multi-Racial

14,456

21

White

16,621

25

Refused During Interview

2

<1

Ethnicity

Unknown

7,322

9

Hispanic or Latinx

10,326

16

NOT Hispanic or Latinx

50,601

75

Refused During Interview

13

<1

Below is the District's Hospital Census and hospital bed availability at District hospitals.

Below is the ventilator use and availability at District hospitals.

The District currently has 57 intensive care unit (ICU) beds available in hospitals out of 345 total ICU beds.

  • 288 total ICU inpatients
  • 21 COVID-19 positive ICU patients

Below is the District's total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by race.

Race

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,197

100

Asian

14

1

Black/African American

922

76

Hispanic/Latinx

126

11

Non-Hispanic White

112

10

Other

23

2

Below is the District's total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by sex.

Sex

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,197

100

Female

548

45

Male

649

55

Below is the District's total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by age.

Age

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,197

100

<19

0

0

20-29

5

0

30-39

26

2

40-49

53

4

50-59

157

13

60-69

292

24

70-79

283

24

80+

381

32

Below is the District's total lives lost due to COVID-19, sorted by ward of residence.

Ward

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,197

100

1

112

10

2

52

5

3

58

5

4

175

15

5

219

18

6

129

11

7

188

16

8

237

19

Experienced Homelessness

24

2

Unknown

3

0

Guidance has been published for healthcare providers, employers and the public to provide information on what to do if you have been diagnosed with or are a contact of someone who has COVID-19.

Residents are encouraged to get vaccinated at one of our free walk-up vaccination sites located throughout the District. For more information, please visit vaccines.gov.