CORONAVIRUS: See this past week’s trends for West Seattle, King County

From the Public Health – Seattle/King County dashboard, here’s our weekly look at countywide and West Seattle-specific COVID numbers:

*Zero percent change in cases countywide between the past week than the week before
*Currently averaging 1,001 new daily cases countywide (up from 995 when we checked a week ago)

*22 percent fewer hospitalizations countywide in the past week than the week before
*Currently averaging 14 new hospitalizations daily (down from 18 a week ago)

*22 percent fewer deaths in the past two weeks than the two previous weeks (the dashboard doesn’t offer a one-week increment)
*Currently averaging 2 deaths daily (same two-week average as last week)

For West Seattle, we have two-week comparisons (these are the combined totals from two “health reporting areas,” labeled West Seattle and Delridge):
*799 cases between 6/6 and 6/20, down from 886 between 5/22 and 6/5
*9 hospitalizations between 6/6 and 6/20, up from 7 between 5/22 and 6/5
*No deaths between 6/6 and 6/20, down from 3 between 5/22 and 6/5

VACCINATION: As reported last week, the Western States review workgroup has affirmed that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are safe and effective for children 6 months to 4 years old. Also, boosters are recommended for everyone 5 and up. Checking vaccination rates:
*81.5 percent of all King County residents have completed the initial series (up .1% from a week ago)
*86.2 percent of all King County residents ages 5 and up have completed the initial series (unchanged from a week ago)
*50.8 percent of all King County residents have had the initial series plus a booster (up .2% from a week ago)

*In West Seattle, here are the zip-code vaccination rates for ages 5 and up (reminder, 98106 and 98146 are not entirely within WS):
98106 – 88.6% completed initial series (up .1% from a week earlier), 55.0% have had a booster (up .5%)
98116 – 93.4% completed initial series (up .1% from a week earlier), 67.1% have had a booster (up .7%)
98126 – 84.1% completed initial series (up .1% from a week earlier), 57.0% have had a booster (up .5%)
98136 – 94.1% completed initial series (same as a week earlier), 70.1% have had a booster (up .6%)
98146 – 83.5% completed initial series (up .1% from a week earlier), 49.4% have had a booster (up .3%)

TESTING: If you want to get tested and don’t have a kit at home, public testing sites include the city-supported site at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex (2801 SW Thistle, 9 am-5:30 pm Mondays-Saturdays except some holidays) and the Curative kiosk at Don Armeni Boat Ramp (1220 Harbor SW, 9 am-3 pm Monday-Friday except holidays). … If you need to report self-test results, that’s explained on this page.

VACCINE CLINICS: No new pop-ups to report; the one we mentioned earlier this week, for newly eligible children, filled up fast. Look for opportunities here.

6 Replies to "CORONAVIRUS: See this past week's trends for West Seattle, King County"

  • Jay West June 27, 2022 (7:06 am)

    King County has a 17.1% positivity rate on tests according to their dashboard. Pretty high. And I’m still hearing about friends and relatives getting sick all the time again. I wonder if we’ll see rates going down now that the kids are out of school, or stay up with BA4 and BA5. I’m glad there’s treatment now, but wow, can those infections do damage! 

  • Toni Reineke June 27, 2022 (9:19 am)

    If you do not have a test kit, you can obtain one at Southwest Library.

  • anonyme June 27, 2022 (1:12 pm)

    This is why I still wear an N-95 in all indoor spaces (and the bus, of course).

  • D June 27, 2022 (2:29 pm)

    Also, many expiration dates have been extended on the home test kits. here’s a link to check yours:https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests

  • Rara June 27, 2022 (9:28 pm)

    So interesting and shocking in my mind. Everyone I know has already had it. We have a pretty high rate of vaccinated people in our area. I know coronavirus changes but I hope people don’t get it a second and third time. 

    • Jay West June 28, 2022 (7:42 am)

      Our family has had it 3 times now. Mild for half of us, and life threatening for the other half on the first round, unvaccinated. Mild for the majority of us, and serious but not critical for one of us the second and third infections. Third was round fully vaccinated, one boosted, but the infections seemed very much like the second round, actually a little worse for the boosted person, but still mild. One got long Covid, the same one who gets sickest with acute infection. I’m not saying our family handles the virus like every family, but the breakdown doesn’t seem that far off from studies. It evolves for immune escape. Good luck Rara, I hope you stay in the mild group.

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