CORONAVIRUS: Tuesday 4/14 roundup

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No big news today, but here’s what we have for the nightly roundup:

NEWEST KING COUNTY NUMBERS: From the Seattle-King County Public Health COVID-19 data dashboard:

*4,620 people have tested positive, up 71 from yesterday

*303 people have died, up 7 from yesterday

One week ago, those numbers were 3,486 and 230.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS: Find them here.

WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: Find them here.

HOW IS COVID-19 AFFECTING SFD AND SPD? This week’s updates are here.

THE NATIONAL GUARD … has arrived, here to help out the West Seattle Food Bank.

NEED FOOD? Another local restaurant is extending a hand – full of tasty food – to those in need.

GOVERNOR TALKS TOMORROW: He hasn’t had a COVID-19-related media briefing yet this week, but that’ll change tomorrow at 3 pm. No guests or topic announced, so far. It’ll be livestreamed by TVW.

…AND HE ISSUED PROCLAMATIONS TODAY: Three miscellaneous ones.

PEP CHALK: Seen along 30th SW in Sunrise Heights, sent by a reader:

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J April 15, 2020 (8:37 am)

Any word from our local care facilities? Are workers still working at multiple facilities? Are outside providers still visiting multiple facilities? Have they got the PPE that they need? Do they have testing for staff and residents? Do isolation measures taken so far seem to be controlling the spread? What are their concerns and needs?

J April 15, 2020 (10:13 am)

Here is a link to an article about testing entire facilities and why it is important to test everyone, not just the people with symptoms. I hope our multiple residential care facilities are getting access for broad testing now.http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2020/04/15/boston-homeless-population-coronavirus-asymptomatic-universal-testing

anonyme April 15, 2020 (1:25 pm)

Today the traffic is at almost normal levels on 35th Ave, really busy. Yesterday I had to cut my walk short because people kept walking right up on me, two feet or so, including a woman carrying a baby. The rebellion of the feeble-minded has begun in earnest, I’m afraid, putting everyone else at risk.

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