A 47-year-old woman has died from COVID-19, Washington, DC, health officials said Tuesday.
The woman is the 1,160th DC resident to die from the coronavirus, according to the DC health department.
DC did not disclose further details about the woman.
On Aug. 25, three DC residents died, including an 82-year-old woman, a 63-year-old man and a 53-year-old man.
On Monday, 178 more people tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to more than 55,000 people, the city said.
Along with most of the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently classifies DC’s COVID-19 transmission level as “high”.
U.S. health systems have been dealing with record hospitalizations in recent weeks due to the highly contagious delta variant.
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday that unvaccinated people should not travel during Labor Day weekend.