King County COVID-19 updates for April 7, 2020: Case updates; resources available in multiple languages to support overall effort to decrease illness

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 04/07/2020 09:13 PM PDT

This is a summary of new and significant information posted to the King County COVID-19 website at www.kingcounty.gov/covid for April 7, 2020.

News release:

COVID-19 update for April 7, 2020: Coronavirus resources available in multiple languages to support overall effort to decrease illness, as Public Health—Seattle & King County announces 155 new cases

Public health resources are available in multiple languages. In addition, Public Health—Seattle & King County reported 155 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the official case count in King County to 3,486, and eight new deaths, bringing the total of COVID-19 deaths in King County to 230.

New video Public Service Announcements featuring bilingual King County government and Seattle city government employees about the importance of social distancing and staying home now available in the following languages:

  • Burmese by Nan Htet, Seattle Dept. of Early Learning
  • Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese by Zihing Hu, King County Dept. of Community and Human Services
  • Hindi by Lalita Uppala, King County Immigrant and Refugee Commission Board
  • Korean by Janet Lee, King County Dept. of Community and Human Services
  • Persian by Bahareh Zebarjad, King County Dept. of Community and Human Services
  • Romanian by Silvia Rus, Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Somali by Abdirahman Hashi, King County Dept. of Community and Human Services
  • Spanish by Antonio Herrera Garza, King County Dept. of Community and Human Services
  • Thai by Ketsiri de Bord, Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Vietnamese by Nikki Nguyen, King County Dept. of Community and Human Services

  • English by Dr. Jeff Duchin, Chief Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County