In Washington, D.C., the stay-at-home order, ban on mass gatherings and closure of nonessential businesses will be extended through June 8, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday.
Bower said two out of four benchmarks for reopening that have not been met: D.C. has not had a 14-day decrease in community spread — only a 4-day decrease. And D.C. has not sufficiently contact traced all new cases and associates — so far the district has only been able to trace “priority populations and their close contacts.”
In D.C., 6,584 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and 350 people have died.
