King County COVID-19 updates for December 30, 2020

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 12/30/2020 10:18 PM PST

Videos from our Public Health Twitter account (Twitter account unnecessary to watch videos):

  • Saying no can be hard, especially when it's your mom. Watch for some tips on how to engage in a difficult conversation around boundaries during the pandemic. https://bit.ly/3hu0o7a

  • COVID-19 is real. And those individuals that have personally had COVID-19 are the first to tell you that this virus is serious. Let this be a reminder to mask up, stay home when possible and keep close contacts to only those in your household. Together, we can stop COVID-19 (in Spanish with English subtitles). https://bit.ly/3hxlZvF

At-a-glance daily case data since yesterday:

 

Overall

Past 14 days
  Count New since yesterday Percent Count Percent
Positives 61,392 593 4.5% of all tests 5,528 8.9%
Hospitalizations 4,116 16 6.7% of all positive cases 281 5.1%
Deaths due to COVID-19 illness 1,082 16 1.8% of all positive cases 86 1.6%
All test results 1,355,103 2,721 * 62,373  
People tested 740,836 895   24,941  

*12-14-20: WA State Department of Health has resumed reporting on negative laboratory results. There remains a large backlog of negative lab results that have not yet been processed (about 100,000 negative lab results). The count of people tested and all test results are underestimated as WA DOH processes this backlog. As a result, the test positivity reported on this dashboard is overestimated, especially in the most recent week.

11-24-20: On November 21, the WA State Department of Health paused reporting on negative laboratory results. Data on test results, people tested, and test positivity has been frozen on this dashboard through November 21. Data on positive cases, hospitalizations, and deaths will continue to be updated on a daily basis.

At-a-glance daily health indicators since yesterday:

Indicator Target/Range Current Status
% of tests that were positive (14-day average) <5% ***8.9%
Cases per 100,000 residents in the past 14 days <25 cases/100K/14 days 269 cases/100K/14 days
Trend in rate of hospitalizations Flat or decreasing Flat

***DOH has resumed reporting negative laboratory results. However, there remains a large backlog of negative test results not yet processed. The test positivity reported on this dashboard are overestimated, especially in the most recent week.

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