Part of Washington Convention Center to become field hospital for COVID-19 patients

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday the District will convert 473,000 square feet of space at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center into a roughly 1,200-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patients. The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the construction of the temporary facility, and MedStar Health will staff and manage it upon its completion. The hospital will be constructed in about 30 days in three halls at the convention center. It will be used primarily for COVID-19 patients who do…