District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor

10/27/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/27/2021 17:27

Coronavirus Data for October 26, 2021

(Washington, DC) - The District's reported data for October 26, 2021 includes 71 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District's overall positive case total to 63,990.

The District reported no additional COVID-19 related deaths.

Tragically, 1,187 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 ReOpening Metrics.

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

63,990*

100

33,470

100

30,235

100

285

100

Unknown

134

<1

52

<1

75

<1

7

3

0-18

10,473

15

5,204

14

5,204

15

65

22

19-30

17,583

28

9,805

29

7,693

26

85

30

31-40

12,734

20

6,566

20

6,113

21

55

20

41-50

7,735

13

3,892

12

3,815

13

28

10

51-60

6,759

11

3,325

11

3,415

12

19

7

61-70

4,740

8

2,393

8

2,336

8

11

4

71-80

2,336

4

1,273

4

1,057

4

6

3

81+

1,496

3

960

3

527

2

9

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

63,990

100

Race

Unknown

232

<1

American Indian/Alaska Native

109

<1

Asian

1,317

2

Black/African American

33,447

52

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

128

<1

Other/Multi-Racial

13,203

21

White

15,552

25

Refused During Interview

2

<1

Ethnicity

Unknown

6,274

9

Hispanic or Latinx

10,001

16

NOT Hispanic or Latinx

47,701

75

Refused During Interview

14

<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 64 intensive care unit (ICU) beds available in hospitals out of 345 total ICU beds.

  • 281 total ICU inpatients
  • 15 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

1,187

100

Asian

14

1

Black/African American

914

76

Hispanic/Latinx

126

11

Non-Hispanic White

112

10

Other

21

2

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

Sex

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,187

100

Female

544

45

Male

643

55

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

Age

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,187

100

<19

0

0

20-29

5

0

30-39

26

2

40-49

53

4

50-59

156

13

60-69

287

24

70-79

282

24

80+

378

32

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

Ward

Total Lives Lost

Percent

All

1,187

100

1

111

10

2

52

5

3

58

5

4

172

15

5

216

18

6

129

11

7

187

16

8

235

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.