CORONAVIRUS: Tuesday 4/27/2021 roundup

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Tonight’s pandemic toplines:

STILL LOTS OF APPOINTMENTS: For a third day, the city is urging people to take advantage of its many open appointments. They also announced today that if you got your first dose somewhere else, you can get a city appointment for your second dose – info here. Meantime, we’ve been hearing from other providers – Neighborcare Health at High Point is offering Saturday appointments. If none of that works for you, see our list of other options in this recent roundup.

NEWEST KING COUNTY NUMBERS: Checking today’s daily summary from Seattle-King County Public Health – here are the cumulative totals:

*96,744 people have tested positive, 147 more than yesterday’s total

*1,505 people have died, 2 more than yesterday’s total

*5,742 people have been hospitalized, 29 more than yesterday’s total

*1,032,976 people have been tested, 4,194 more than yesterday’s total

One week ago, the totals were 94,250/1,498/5,590/1,016,855.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS: See them here.

NATIONAL/WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: 148.3 million cases worldwide, 32.1 million of them in the U.S. – see other nation-by-nation stats by going here.

PANDEMIC BRIEFING: At 8:15 am tomorrow online, state health officials will present their weekly briefing and media Q&A. Watch the livestream here.

VACCINATION PROGRESS: 61.7 percent of King County residents 16+ have had at least one shot.

NEED TO BE VACCINATED BUT CAN’T LEAVE HOME … because of an injury, disability, or other medical problem? King County mobile teams might be able to help. Here’s how.

\GOT SOMETHING TO REPORT? westseattleblog@gmail.com or 206-293-6302, text/voice – thank you!

CM April 27, 2021 (11:05 pm)

I’m glad to see they finally updated the eligibility checklist. I was wondering if that was throwing some people off thinking they weren’t eligible.

E April 28, 2021 (7:19 am)

I signed up for the city’s notification list and then never heard from them. Luckily I was able to get a first dose at Kaiser easily but I wonder if some people are still just patiently waiting to be emailed or called like the city said they would?

Bandana April 28, 2021 (7:37 am)

It’s nice to see a couple days of lower numbers on positive tests. Unfortunately that is not enough to keep King County from being rolled back to Phase 2.

DB April 28, 2021 (12:17 pm)

Clearly the Wave 4 has hit it’s seasonal peak, so it will be very convenient for the gov to shut it down, with cases continue to go down and then declare his actions did something. Same thing over and over all year. Clearly he is familiar with the Hope-Simpson Seasonality curve as all his proclamations have come right after the inflection point.

Lola April 28, 2021 (3:12 pm)

I signed up on the City Website when it first came out to be notified. Then when I became Eligible I signed in and got an appt. at the Thistle City Run Site. Got my shot. Then about 3 weeks later around April 15th I kept getting a code from the City to make sure I go in and get my shot. They have sent me the code multiple times. Do they not have record of me getting the shot? Same e-mail I gave them to sign up same e-mail I gave them when I made the appt. It seems like it is over-kill and it seems like they do not have their records straight as to if you have gotten your shot or not. I have my card that they put a sticker with all my info and when I got the shot.

waikikigirl April 28, 2021 (3:35 pm)

Lola, I got my 1st on March 10th then they gave me my date for the 2nd that same day, March 31st. Like you after I made the initial appointment I got 3 to 4 texts and emails reminding me of my 1st appointment with each time a different code??? I ignored them all and brought with me all of the codes, over kill maybe but I was getting that vaccine no matter what! :>) hopefully you get your 2nd 3 weeks later if you haven’t already. Heads-up…1st went OK, 2nd kicked my a$$ for a couple of days.
Brian April 28, 2021 (3:49 pm)

If you check the bottom of the email, you should see something like “If you no longer want to receive these emails, OR if you have received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination, please click here to unsubscribe.” That should take care of the extra emails.
- songstorm April 28, 2021 (5:56 pm)
  
  At least for me, the unsubscribe link in my email just went to a dead page. I got 2 more reminder emails afterwards, so clearly the unsubscribe didn’t go through. Not a big deal on my side, but I did feel bad for potentially blocking a spot that could’ve gone to someone else.

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