PANDEMIC UPDATES: Weekly check-in #19, 11/14/2021

Here’s our every-Sunday-night update on local pandemic stats and news.

KING COUNTY CUMULATIVE NUMBERS (through Friday, since they’re not updated on weekends):

*168,882 cases – 2,210 more than a week ago (6,015 total in West Seattle, up 81)
*8,616 hospitalizations – 85 more than a week ago (257 total from West Seattle, up 4)
*2,050 people have died – 16 more than a week ago (74 total in West Seattle, unchanged again this week)

VACCINATION RATE

83.7% of King County residents 12+ have completed their vaccine series (up .4% in the past week)

By West Seattle zip code:
98106 – 85.5%
98116 – 89.2%
98126 – 81.1%
98136 – 90.6%
98146 – 81.1%

(Find more COVID-related King County stats here)

THE WEEK’S PANDEMIC HEADLINES

State health officials’ briefing – State Health Secretary Dr. Umair Shah led a briefing on Wednesday – here’s the video:

Among the toplines: More than 10 million doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in our state. Cases are “stable” statewide, though at a “high level.” That includes all age groups, kids too.

Vaccinations for kids – The eligibility of 5-to-11-year-olds continues to be in the spotlight. Seattle Public Schools has started its clinics (see the schedule here); the city’s new West Seattle clinic is administering vaccine to children but does not currently appear to have appointments available.

NEED TO GET TESTED IN WEST SEATTLE?

The UW Medicine testing service in the Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex parking lot (2801 SW Thistle) continues to operate; you can make an appointment here. Meantime, the Curative testing kiosk at Don Armeni Boat Ramp (1222 Harbor SW) is also still operating, as is a Curative location at Summit Atlas (35th/Roxbury). In addition, both West Seattle Walgreens stores are offering drive-up testing (35th/Morgan and 16th/Roxbury) – more info here.

anonyme November 15, 2021 (6:02 am)

A warning for those who got a booster or other shot at Neighborhood House: check your vaccination card. I didn’t notice until a week or so afterward that the intake person had failed to record a date on the booster sticker. In trying to fix the problem I was referred from one entity to another, with none of them quite knowing what to do. The sticker is invalid without a date. Sounds like a simple fix, but it isn’t. The employees at this site don’t seem particularly well trained, so watch the details. Pliable did not respond to an email.

trickycoolj November 15, 2021 (1:21 pm)

Ours have a date written on them. Unfortunately Kaiser used a sticker that took up the whole front of our cards for dose 2 so we had to have the booster put on the back or get a new card. It all gets uploaded in the state database anyway. You can access it from MyIR or WA Verify when you download your QR code.

Lola November 15, 2021 (8:18 am)

I just want to say how wonderful Highpoint Community Center is for getting your booster vaccination. Very well organized and the group is all very, very nice. Could not have gone better.

trickycoolj November 15, 2021 (8:28 am)

Fantastic experience at the vaccine hub in High Point last Friday! Walked over to see if we could get a walk-in appointment for a booster, got us squared away super easy peasy with our vacccine card and ID and had our booster in arm within 15min. They had cool bandaids, stickers, lollipops, and holiday tunes playing on Spotify! Plenty of space to wait before heading out. Lots of parking. Enter on the front door on the main road if it’s past 4-4:30pm. Kudos to the Pliable crew!

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