Video Q&A: Dr. James Lewis on COVID testing, Public Health Insider blog

We sat down with medical epidemiologist Dr. James Lewis to answer three questions about testing we’ve heard a lot in our community.

How to keep kids safe from COVID this summer: A checklist for parents, Public Health Insider blog

We’ve put together a checklist for you to make it a little bit easier to track all the current recommendations about keeping kids protected from COVID. We hope it can make the difference between COVID spoiled plans and the summertime fun we all need and deserve.

Advancing the Response to COVID-19 Blog Series, by Matías Valenzuela, Ph.D., Director of the Office of Equity and Community Partnerships for Public Health — Seattle & King County

Accountability and transparency are key when working with communities to respond and rebuild from COVID-19. Learn how to #BoostYourCommunity by strengthening relationships.

COVID-19 vaccines protect you and your baby while pregnant and breastfeeding, "One Vax, Two Lives" by WA State Dept. of Health and Univ. of WA Medicine

Pregnant people are at much higher risk for complications and death from COVID-19. ‍ After rigorous research, COVID-19 vaccines are now strongly recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding people by the CDC, and tens of thousands of obstetricians, midwives, family physicians and other OB providers.

• COVID-19 summary case report data dashboard (Updated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
  • Daily outbreak summary for web-enabled mobile devices (phones and tablets)

• 477,570 total positive cases in King County
  • 941 daily average cases
  • 6,587 new cases over the last 7 days (-9% decrease)
  • 291.4 cases per 100,000 residents over the last 7 days
    
    
• 12,816 total hospitalizations
  • 21 daily average hospitalizations (17% increase over last 7 days)
  • 148 hospitalizations over the last 7 days
  • 6.5 hospitalizations per 100,000 residents over the last 7 days
  • 2.2% of cases hospitalized over the last 7 days
    
    
• 2,942 overall deaths
  • 3 daily average deaths
  • 41 new deaths over the last 14 days (24% increase from the prior 14 days)
  • 1.8 deaths per 100,000 residents over the past 14 days
  • 0.3% of cases died over the past 14 days

All other COVID-19 dashboards are posted at www.kingcounty.gov/covid/data

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