This article will be updated with data on the Covid-19 pandemic in Washington state. Scroll down for older data.
As of Thursday, November 5, the Washington State Department of Health reports:
King, Snohomish, Pierce are places for Covid’s broadcast
5 p. m. – Limit face-to-face meetings, even the smallest ones, insists the Washington State Department of Health as Covid’s in Washington state intensifies.
Saturday marked the highest score for the number of diagnosed cases reported in Washington state: 1,777 in one day.
Western Washington, in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, are hot spots for disease transmission.
“These figures reflect an overall increase that began in mid-September and are very worrying as we get closer to the darker, colder months, vacations and respiratory virus season,” the fitness branch said.
The autumn wave erased the progress made this summer, the ministry continued.
“Isolde Raftery
Risk of having Covid-19 higher than ever
6 p. m. – The threat of getting Covid-19 is greater now than ever in the domain of Seattle and the United States in general.
New cases have increased considerably in King County over the past two weeks and have damaged records several times in the following days.
King County Health Officer Jeff Duchin said the new instances are widely distributed, but Covid’s positive test rates are in the south and southeast of the county; young and working-age adults; and in communities of color.
To combat the outbreak in southern King County, officials announced loose Covid-19 sites in Auburn, Federal Way, Renton and Tukwila.
Duchin said cases expand rapidly, we can track or let the virus do it for us.
“Cases continue to increase at the address,” he said. “It is better to apply the brakes before a breakdown and not after. “
Similar spikes have been reported in neighboring counties.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Department of Health has reported a record 1,518 in the following 14 days.
Across the country, the Covid Follow-up Project reported a one-day record of 125,552 new ones on Friday.
Health officials say hospitals in Puget Sound domain have sufficient capacity right now, but they can be overtaken, as Idaho and other states are experiencing, if more people do not practice social estating and other security measures that officials have been calling for. for months.
“We want to do more to restrict the number of outdoor activities in the home, the number and duration of contact with others, and crowded indoor environments,” Duchin said.
“We don’t have to stick to the trail of pain that so many communities go through,” he said.
John Ryan
Immunization program underway in Washington state
9:00 a. m. – The Washington State Department of Health on Monday opened enrollment in its Covid-19 vaccination program, and the state is trying to identify the amenities that will be contracted for the first administration of the vaccine.
Take a step-by-step approach, focusing first on hospitals and fitness systems, according to a press release, and it will diversify to other sites in the coming weeks.
“Isolde Raftery
WA will have a bloodless room for vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked washington state to identify sites where Covid vaccines can simply be stored and implemented, approved. Washington State will focus sites with the CDC. These places will probably be hospitals with -cold storage.
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
What you want to know about the coronavirus right now in Washington state
Health care professional Kathy Lofy says this is a fear because spikes in the cases we’re seeing are now more likely to lead to hospitalizations and deaths than this summer.
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Schools can save you maximum Covid outbreaks without regimen testing, Examine says
8 a. m. – Schools can prevent Covid outbreaks without testing participants, provided they take sufficient other precautions and if network transmission is low, according to a new report from the Institute for Disease Modeling.
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Ann Dornfeld
Covid-19 infection rises in western Washington
Snohomish County sees peak in Covid-19 in autumn
7:55 p. m. – In Snohomish County, Covid-19 rates in the county now triple what they had in September.
This is a larger building than in other counties in the Puget Sound area. Snohomish County fitness officials now expect cases to begin stabilizing.
“Actually, we want to put our entire center into following common sense rules to check to decrease transmission, because in a different way things can keep increasing,” said Dr. Chris Spitters, Snohomish County Health Officer.
On Sunday, the county recorded its number of cases since the start of the pandemic, with 141 reported cases that day.
Paige Browning
9:00 a. m. – The state fitness branch reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections from March to more than 109,000.
In King County, the infection has increased to 122, corresponding to a population of 100,000.
In Snohomish County, he is 126 consistent with 100,000 inhabitants.
In Pierce County, it is 142 consistent with 100,000 people.
Health officials have the infection rate in less than 25, consisting of 100,000 people.
– Angela King
New Covid-19 program at Sea-Tac Airport
8:00 a. m. – Sea-Tac Airport is preparing to present its new Covid-19 pilot verification program.
It will be open to passengers with a price ticket from Wednesday morning and will continue until January 31.
The port of Seattle is partnering with Discovery Health MD for this program. The verification site will be in the central auditorium above security checkpoint 3 on the mezzanine to the south.
– Angela King
Outbreak in the paint center
7 a. m. – The State Department of Corrections said more than a portion of the citizens at a Seattle facility tested positive for coronavirus.
The Seattle Times reports that 28 of Bishop Lewis Work Release’s 49 citizens took the test on October 28.
Infected persons transferred to designated quarantine units.
– Angela King
New Exam Screens Seattle-area arts teams are still largely closed
7:00 a. m. – After the pandemic began last March, nearly 5,000 artists and cultural staff promptly lost their jobs.
A new survey conducted in October revealed that about 9% of those staff were retreated.
And many have returned to part-time jobs, at reduced wages.
Seattle-based arts advocacy organization taught 47 cultural and artistic organizations; some have partially reopened, but more than 70% are still closed; most do not expect to resume their overall activities until mid-to-late 2021.
Aside from permanent closure, your biggest concern is that professionals stay away from the arts or leave the domain before that happens.
Marcie Sillman
School plans as Covid-19 instances multiply
9 a. m. – Thurston County fitness officials now recommend that schools stop the expansion of in-person learning until at least November 6 due to Covid-19 case buildup.
They also stated that if transmission rates remain high, they will propose a return to distance education for all students, for some students with the greatest needs.
The State Department of Health said it has recorded 36 outbreaks in Washington schools since the start of the pandemic, 26 outbreaks since September 1.
An epidemic triggers when at least two or academics test positive in two weeks. Almost all outbreaks had fewer than five cases.
The Washington State Coronavirus Joint Response Information Center says universal masking can halve the number of deaths.
– Angela King
King County painters will continue to paint from home until July 2021
8 a. m. – Hundreds of King County painters will now paint from home until at least July 5, 2021.
King County Director Dow Constantine on Thursday extended the order for house paintings as the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow.
Constantine recently wrote to workers: “By restricting the number of others in our services and on our roads and transit system, we can protect our workplaces for workers who provide in-person services. “
In the past two weeks, King County has reported 104 cases corresponding to a population of 100,000, a figure that, according to officials, is less than 25 and coincides with 100,000.
In Snohomish County, the rate is 122 consistent with 100,000 inhabitants, and in Pierce County, it is 137 consistent with 100,000.
The State Department of Health says the virus is spreading faster lately in western Washington than in east Washington, basically infecting other people over 25 to 39 and 40 to 59.
– Angela King
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