King County COVID-19 updates for January 6, 2021

Summary Report on Deaths Associated with COVID-19: January 5, 2021 (PDF)

Deaths where the decedent died of non-natural causes, such as traffic accidents, overdose, homicide, or suicide, are excluded for COVID-19 death reporting, even if the decedent had a positive confirmatory test. Unless otherwise specified, the deaths due to COVID-19 in this report refer to confirmed and suspected COVID-19 deaths.

• See list of other data reports related to COVID-19

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Work on the COVID-19 response teams for King County!

Now hiring for numerous roles on the COVID response. Learn more about a position by clicking on its green title to review its job requirements.. If you see a role that meets your interest and qualifications, click on the green Apply button to get started. King County also offers other roles among all other agencies. See list of all King County job openings.

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• Daily case report update
  • Daily outbreak summary for web-enabled mobile devices (phones and tablets)

At-a-glance daily case data since yesterday:

	Overall			Past 14 days
	Count	New since yesterday	Percent	Count	Percent
Positives	65,631	487	4.6% of all tests	5,915	11.7%
Hospitalizations	4,340	13	6.6% of all positive cases	314	5.3%
Deaths due to COVID-19 illness	1,117	7	1.7% of all positive cases	60	1.0%
All test results	1,416,500	6,850	*	50,539
People tested	763,306	2,524		20,877

*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.

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

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View COVID-19 daily email alerts online posted in the past week.