CORONAVIRUS: Saturday 4/3/2021 roundup

A quick look at tonight’s pandemic notes:

NEWEST KING COUNTY NUMBERS: Here are the cumulative totals from Public Health‘s daily-summary dashboard:

*89,039 people have tested positive, 253 more than yesterday’s total

*1,472 people have died, 1 more than yesterday’s total

*5,366 people have been hospitalized, 12 more than yesterday’s total

*976,357 people have been tested, 388 more than yesterday’s total

ONE WEEK AGO: Last Saturday, those numbers were 87,112/1,461/5,256/959,118.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS: See them here.

WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: 130.7 million people have tested positive, and more than 2,846,000 people have died; U.S. deaths exceed 554,000. Most cases: U.S., Brazil, India, France, Russia (same as last week). See the breakdown, nation by nation, here.

LOOKING FOR VACCINE? If you’re eligible now, here are links to try:

*Check for West Seattle city-run site appointments here; sign up for the city’s notification list for all four of its sites here.
*Health-care providers (particularly bigger ones like UW Medicine (one reader specifically recommends Valley Medical Center), Franciscan, Swedish, Kaiser Permanente, etc.)
*covidwa.com (volunteer-run aggregator) – you can also follow its tweets for instant notifications
*The state’s Vaccine Locator (as mentioned above)
*The CDC’s Vaccine Finder
*Pharmacies big and small – Safeway, Rite Aid, QFC, Pharmaca, Costco
*Sea Mar clinics

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7 Replies to "CORONAVIRUS: Saturday 4/3/2021 roundup"

  • Double masking April 4, 2021 (7:45 am)

    As we face potentially another surge, don’t forget, double masking might be good extra protection for some.  A 2-layer cotton mask with a bandana pulled up over it works for me for short periods, while running errands.

    Mask fitting advice from the CDC:

    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effective-masks.html

  • Smittytheclown April 4, 2021 (2:21 pm)

    Statewide (and Nationwide)deaths continue to plummet.  We are getting closer! 

    • polka dot April 4, 2021 (5:24 pm)

      Deaths have been down but unfortunately right now the outbreak is growing, hospitalizations are up, and if you notice on the chart that you posted the incomplete data portion is showing an uptick in deaths, sorry. I still think it will be over soon though, we are getting closer, but we’re not at the point to start celebrating/letting the guard down quite yet.

    • Double masking April 4, 2021 (5:28 pm)

      @Smitty, have you missed the news that cases and hospitalizations have been rising in recent weeks?

      • AMD April 4, 2021 (6:57 pm)

        Smitty has been posting about how much “better” things are getting practically since the beginning of the pandemic.  They’ve been told that cases and hospitalizations are still bad many times, but are generally disinterested in this information.

        • Pessoa April 5, 2021 (9:04 pm)

          They are getting better.  We can draw two conclusions from this graph, and neither are at odds with each.  Even a cursory glance shows a dramatic – and yes, it is dramatic – decline in deaths over the last 3 months with a recent slight uptick.  The long decline is settled fact, whether the uptick is a beginning of a significant surge is not.  

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