THE state of doH says another 1,600 people have died from coronavirus in Washington state. See below for more updates.
Confirmed coronavirus cases across Washington state
Follow live updates today below.
9:22 a.m. – Flower World, whose owner banned workers from wearing masks, was fined $4,200, according to the Everett Herald. Flower World cited for a “serious” violation through the State Department of Labor.
Inspectors who visited the company 3 times in June, according to The Herald, discovered that staff did not maintain a 6-foot social distance or staff temperature at the beginning of each painting day.
Flower World has less than two weeks to rape.
8:33 a.m. – The Lutheran University of the Pacific has announced that it will award a “PLUS year”, an additional year tuition, to all full-time college students for the 2020-2021 educational year after graduation.
The PLUS Year is being offered to ensure students get an opportunity to experience the university at its full capacity, PLU President Allan Belton said. Read more.
5:52 a.m. – Bob Martin, a hairdresser from Snohomish, owes a $90,000 fine for reopening his shop in May, according to the Everett Herald. Martin joined KirO Radio’s Dori Monson Show on Monday and said the opening of his shop is not about haircuts, but the Constitution. Read more.
10:59pm – Health officials say there are 58,715 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Washington state, of the 1,008,822 tests conducted. That’s a positivity rate of 5.8%. The state reports 1,600 deaths and 5,744 hospitalizations.
5:39 p.m. – Across the country, there is still some resistance to dressing in masks, even with everything that happened. Why is that the case? Dr. Gordon Cohen, Dr. Mercer Island, joined the Seattle Morning News to discuss. Read more.
3:42 p.m. – Snohomish County experienced a “slight decrease” in new COVID-19 instances between July 19 and August 1, after six consecutive weeks of increases.
The county now has nearly one hundred instances consisting of one hundred, 000 people.
2:19 p.m. – The epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Washington has moved, with the number of cases consistent with capital in the state now in Okanogan County. According to the latest report by the Ministry of Health, conducted in conjunction with the Bellevue Institute for Disease Modeling and Fred Hutchinson, Okanogan registers 892 instances consisting of 100,000 inhabitants. Read more.
12:56 p.m. – Last Friday, the Washington Department of Employment Safety had officially removed its order book from more than 81,500 unemployment programs between March and June.
Comprojecter ESD Suzi LeVine made the announcement at a press convention on Monday, saying that while she “claims the project is completed”, “affirms the step forward”. Learn more.
11:09 a.m. – Nordstrom announces that it will fire some workers as their sales continue to fight amid the pandemic, according to USA Today. In a statement, the Seattle-based store said, “According to our wishes and what we expect from our wishes in the future, we want to adjust the length of our in-store sales force.”
Nordstrom specified how many positions would be cut. Nordstrom announced in early May that it intends to permanently close 16 of its 116 full-line stores. Nordstrom’s 15 sites in Washington reopened in June.
10:11 a.m. – Argosy Cruises of Seattle has announced the finale of its public tours and personal charters for the remainder of the 2020 season. The company said the closure was due to “the evolution of uncertainty around COVID-19 and its unprecedented effects on the tourism industry.” The last service was on Sunday.
7: Five7 a.m. – There will be an occasion to collect the loose mask at Bellevue on Tuesday, August 4 at the Eastgate Assessment and Recovery Site starting at 1 p.m. At five o’clock in the afternoon Each user can take two reusable cloth masks consistent with a circle of family members, up to six circles of family members. You will need to be a resident of King County to get the mask this time.
5:35 a.m. – ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D., is Undersecretary of Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And a member of the Coronavirus Working Group. Giroir told the Jason Rantz Show at KTTH that while Washington state is in a fair position in terms of testing capability, now is the time to step up masking, distance and hygiene measures.
“At the end of the day, don’t press the panic button in Seattle,” Giroir said. “But now is the time to do something, and what we tell you to do is what we told you: please wear a mask in public, … physical distance is important, protect the elderly.” Read more.
Read the week’s updates here.