If you don't count them, you don't have them

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced Wednesday that the city will lift its stay-at-home order on Friday and enter phase one of reopening.

Bowser said that the virus is still circulating but said the city had met its metrics of a 14-day decline in community spread of the virus as well as adequate testing and hospital capacity.

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While new cases have generally been declining, the city did see an uptick over the Memorial Day weekend. Instead of resetting the clock on the 14-day countdown back to zero days, though, officials paused the clock and then continued counting when cases again started to decline, allowing for the reopening to occur this week.

  The Hill

Was the White House pressuring the mayor by any chance?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

The District of Columbia this week became the latest jurisdiction to endure scrutiny, with the city using a “community spread” metric — excluding nursing homes, correctional facilities and others — as a justification for reopening the area.

  Politico