Likely inspired by a segment that aired this week on Fox News, Gov. Glenn Youngkin tweeted that he wants the CDC to eliminate COVID vaccine mandates, despite the agency not mandating them.

The increase comes as omicron emerges across the D.C. area, and residents prepare for another holiday of travel and indoor gathering.

And at least two scouts are departing the team due to their unvaccinated status, multiple reports say.

Just 45% of Metro’s more than 12,000 workers are fully vaccinated.

A growing list of D.C.-area bars and restaurants are requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has been insistent: school buildings will fully reopen for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Infections caused by the Delta variant of the coronavirus likely make up about 31.4% of the infections in the Mid-Atlantic region, according to estimates from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.

“We hear so much bad news. This is good news,” says one local epidemiologist.

The association representing hospitals in Virginia has not issued a similar requirement.

The site is expected to vaccinate as many as 3,000 people daily.