D.C. has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases since June 2.

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D.C. just recorded the highest number of daily coronavirus cases in more than four months.

The city is reporting that there were 105 new positive coronavirus cases on Monday. This is the highest number of reported cases since June 2, when there were 130 new cases.

Case numbers were averaging about 33 new cases a day since September 26 — 105 new cases are more than three times that number. The test positivity rate as of October 2 is 1.9% which is the highest it’s been since September 18 but remains below the 2% threshold for now.

Monday may also have accounted for the highest total number of tests taken since D.C. first started tracking these numbers on March 13: 8,461 tests were taken on Monday, according to city data. However, only about 3,000 of those tests taken were D.C. residents, meaning more than half of those tested on Monday were not residents.

City-run testing sites conducted 3,962 tests on Monday, an 81% increase from the prior Monday, according to Bower official John Falcicchio.

“While we do not have data on what compelled people to get tested today, it would be hard to imagine that the recent news did not drive more people to do so,” Falcicchio, Bowser’s chief of staff, said in a statement. “We will continue to monitor the demand this week and urge residents if they need a test to get a test.”

The high number of people getting tested coincides with the coronavirus outbreak at the White House and President Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

At a White House event on September 26th, Trump introduced Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in front of more than 150 people, many of whom were not wearing masks. At least eight people may have become infected with COVID-19 at the Rose Garden event. A Bowser official told the Washington Post that the number of potential cases from the event would “represent among the highest community spread incidents the city has experienced in recent months.” (Since the Trumps’ residency is Florida, they do not count towards the District’s coronavirus data.)

On Friday, DC Health confirmed that the city agency would not be contact tracing that event, leaving that up to the White House. As of right now, the White House is not performing contact tracing, either.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton criticized the Trump administration for not responding to the city’s offer to assist in the effort. “Many White House staffers live in the District, and it is imperative that their D.C. neighbors are aware of the risks associated with this ongoing outbreak at the White House,” she said in a statement.

This past weekend’s news has local residents very worried about their own exposure. While that certainly includes concerns for those who work in the White House, others wonder what restaurants, stores, and other places people at the Rose Garden event may have frequented afterwards.

This story was updated with a clarification that city data counts total number of tests taken.