CORONAVIRUS: Monday 11/30 roundup

Here’s tonight’s roundup of virus-crisis news:

NEWEST KING COUNTY NUMBERS: On to today’s daily summary from Seattle-King County Public Health – the cumulative countywide totals:

*44,406 people have tested positive, 666 more than yesterday’s total

*859 people have died, 1 more than yesterday’s total

*3,227 people have been hospitalized, 37 more than yesterday’s total

*627,074 people have been tested (note: the dashboard continues to cite the state’s pause on reporting negative results and says this number is “frozen,” but it’s up 639 since yesterday)

One week ago, the totals were 40,065/835/3,020/622,741.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS: See them here.

WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: See them – nation by nation – here.

WA NOTIFY: Centerstage when the governor held a briefing today – the new smartphone feature WA Notify, meant to provide an anonymous notification if someone you’ve been close to tests positive for COVID-19. It’s an app to download if yuu use an Android phone; for iPhones, it’s a feature to activate in your settings (provided your software’s up to date!). P.S. The governor also talked about vaccines and the outlook on removing restrictions in mid-December.

WHEN WILL SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS REOPEN? Logistics were the heart of the discussion at a School Board work session tonight.

COFFEE SHOP REOPENING: After being closed since Thanksgiving because a staff member tested positive, Realfine Coffee is reopening tomorrow morning.

NEED FOOD? On Friday, food boxes will be available 2-5 pm at Food Lifeline (815 S. 96th).

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David December 1, 2020 (9:37 am)

Why don’t they post the recovery numbers?

CAM December 1, 2020 (10:56 am)

Because first you’d need to come up with an agreed definition for “recovery” and given that people who experience covid-19 are now being diagnosed with post-covid syndrome months later I doubt you’d be able to find any agreement on what that means or how to determine that someone actually is recovered. I assume though that your question was intended to point out that most people diagnosed don’t die but that is straw man argument and ignores all the other problems that covid causes that aren’t death.
JJ December 1, 2020 (12:24 pm)

Because nobody has any recovery numbers. A negative test is no longer recommended for a return to work, and there is no tracking of who develops long Covid. We truly have no idea how many have actually recovered.