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Today, the Public Health Insider posted two updates underlining the importance of continued vigilance around social distancing.  Both are full of helpful visualizations and reports on data modeling around social distancing here and throughout the country.  The first article links to a helpful visualization of social distancing from the UW Network Modeling Group.  And the […]

This daily synthesis of the Public Health data is provided by Will Daugherty of Pacific Science Center.  Thanks Will! Public Health has updated the data dashboard.  As of 11:59 pm yesterday, April 25, there were 5,912 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in King County, 101 more than the previous day.  There have been 407 confirmed deaths

Today, Public Health provided several updates, including information about a recent report by the Bellevue-based Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM).  Their research reinforces the need for continued social distancing, and shows that transmission needs to be reduced further before partial relaxation of restrictions should be considered.  Check out the article on Public Health insider here.

Today in their updates, Public Health breaks down the effect of wipes in the sewer systems, empasizing the importance of proper disposal for all of the cleaning materials being used to clean and sanitize our homes.  For the full article, visit the Public Health Insider.    Otherwise, this daily synthesis of the Public Health data

Today in public health updates, Seattle & King County Public Health recognizes the first day of Ramadan with a post by Mohamed Ali, Ayan Abshir & the Equity Response Team.  The local Somali community in Seattle was recently devastated by the first COVID-19 death, which brought to the surface existing challenges for their community. It

Today in public health updates, Seattle & King County Public Health describes new research detailing how a rapid response in homeless shelters by public health experts can help protect shelter clients and staff from COVID-19. Also, read about tips for keeping multigenerational families healthy at home.  For the full article and report, visit the Public

Today in public health updates, Seattle & King County Public Health outlines the current knowledge surrounding antibody (serology) testing.  There is clearly important value in understanding true individual immunity as well as the level of immunity to COVID-19 across the population.  But with the science on COVID-19 still emerging, there is still a lot we

Today in public health updates, Seattle & King County Public Health announces 112 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among people living homeless or working in homeless services sites. This includes two confirmed deaths. In addition, there was a death of a resident at King County’s Kent isolation and quarantine facility, which will be investigated by the

This daily synthesis of the Public Health data is provided by Will Daugherty of Pacific Science Center.  Thanks Will! Public Health has updated the data dashboard.  As of 11:59 pm yesterday, April 18, there were 5,172 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in King County, 109 more than the previous day.  There have been 346 confirmed deaths

This daily synthesis of the Public Health data is provided by Will Daugherty of Pacific Science Center.  Thanks Will! Public Health has updated the data dashboard.  As of 11:59 pm yesterday, April 17, there were 5,063 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in King County, 161 more than the previous day.  There have been 340 confirmed deaths