*How did COVID-19 impact people living with disabilities? [ [link removed] ],?*"Public Health Insider blog"
The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to slow its spread brought a number of social, economic and overall health impacts for communities throughout King County. Public Health ? Seattle & King County, in partnership with the Disability Empowerment Center and Lifelong Aging And Disabilities Services, interviewed and listened to local people from disability communities to shed light on how these impacts were experienced by people living with disabilities in King County.
________________________________________________________________________
*Experts say this year's flu season could be severe and back to pre-pandemic levels. Everyone is at risk ? even healthy children and adults [ [link removed] ],?*"Public Health on Twitter"
________________________________________________________________________
*Do you or a family member have a compromised immune system? The medication Evusheld can help protect from severe COVID-19 if taken before exposure [ [link removed] ],?*"Public Health Insider blog"
________________________________________________________________________
*Get your flu shot! 10 things to know about flu season [ [link removed] ],?*"Public Health Insider blog"
With few COVID-19 restrictions, the flu will likely make a comeback this year and it's safe to get both the flu and COVID-19 vaccine ? or booster ? at the same time.
________________________________________________________________________
*REMINDER: This weekly COVID e-mail alert will be sunsetting next week on October 27, 2022. Starting in November, the email alert will be sent on an as-needed basis*
You can continue the get the most up-to-date King County COVID information by visiting the following:
* COVID Data Dashboards [ [link removed] ], including?current COVID metrics [ [link removed] ], updated every Tuesday and Thursday?
* "Public Health Insider" [ [link removed] ]?blog (option to subscribe for e-mail updates)
* This Month in Public Health Newsletter (subscribe to e-mail updates through this link [ [link removed] ])
* On our social media accounts:?Twitter [ [link removed] ],?Facebook [ [link removed] ],?Instagram [ [link removed] ]
________________________________________________________________________
*Current COVID-19 metrics [ [link removed] ]*?(Updated on Tuesdays and Thursdays)
*PLEASE NOTE:?*Due to data reporting lags, case and hospitalization data are incomplete. Data shown below is the most recent complete data from October 14, 2022 and will be updated on?COVID-19 metrics page [ [link removed] ]?when these issues are resolved.
* *COVID-19 community level in King County: Low*
* 96.2 reported COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over the past 7 days
* 3.8 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 per 100,000 residents over the past 7 days
* 4.7% of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients over the past 7 days
* *519,292 total reported COVID-19 cases in King County*
* 311 daily average reported COVID-19 cases over the past 7 days
* *13,826 total hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in King County*
* 12 daily average hospitalizations due to COVID-19 over the past 7 days
* *3,223 total deaths due to COVID-19 in King County*
* 2 daily average deaths due to COVID-19 over the past 7 days
*All other COVID-19 dashboards are posted at?www.kingcounty.gov/covid/data [ [link removed] ]*
________________________________________________________________________
*View this COVID-19 weekly email alert online [ [link removed] ]*
Public Health - Seattle & King County logo ________________________________________________________________________
Bookmark and Share [ [link removed] ]
Update your preferences or unsubscribe [ [link removed] ]. If you have questions about this service, you may?contact us directly [ [link removed] ]?or search?FAQs here [ [link removed] ].?View King County's privacy policy [ [link removed] ].
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page [ [link removed] ].
?
.
body .abe-column-block {min-height: 5px;}
