CORONAVIRUS: Friday 2/12/2021 roundup

50 weeks have now passed since the Friday night when the first King County case of COVID-19 was announced. Here are tonight’s updates:

KING COUNTY NUMBERS: Some data corrections in tonight’s stats from the Public Health daily-summary page, cumulative totals:

*79,681 people have tested positive, 448 more than yesterday’s total

*1,318 people have died, 13 more than yesterday’s total

*4,955 people have been hospitalized, 3 fewer than yesterday’s total

*871,404 people have been tested, 3,882 more than yesterday’s total

Now, our weekly check of key numbers on the COVID Vaccination Among King County Residents dashboard:

*266,573 people have received one dose

*85,033 people have received both doses

*374,825 doses have been allocated to King County

One week ago, the first four totals were 78,090/1,292/4,865/844,187, and the vaccination totals were 239,821/63,655/296,225.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS: See them here.

WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: 108.2 million cases, 2,383,000+ deaths – see the nation-by-nation numbers here.

VACCINATION UPDATES: In her weekly newsletter, City Councilmember Lisa Herbold lists local care homes that have been visited by the city’s mobile team, as well as other local vaccination-related updates.

IF YOU NEED TESTING SATURDAY: The city says it’s committed to keeping the West Seattle site (2801 SW Thistle) open and accessible.

COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER’S BRIEFING: Dr. Jeff Duchin led his weekly briefing/media Q&A – see it here.

GOT INFO OR PHOTOS? westseattleblog@gmail.com or text/voice 206-293-6302 – thank you!

flimflam February 13, 2021 (12:04 pm)

these numbers aren’t making sense – under 100 new cases a week ago, then a bump up, about 150 the other day, now 450? are they tallying it differently lately?

BetteDavisEyes February 13, 2021 (12:54 pm)

Hi, flimflam, there may be a misperception about what the daily numbers mean. Reported new case numbers fluctuate daily for a variety of reasons, including when people get tested, and the time for processing both the actual tests and the resultant data. WSB very helpfully provides the cumulative totals from the current day and from one week prior, so I always use those to calculate the average daily rate for the past week, which is much more telling. Our average daily new case rate for the past week is a little over 227 per day. More than double what it was in late summer, but still far below what it was just a couple months ago. Hope that perspective helps!
- flimflam February 13, 2021 (2:20 pm)
  
  It does, thank you.