King County COVID-19 updates for February 6, 2021

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 02/06/2021 09:04 PM PST

Phase 2 Guidance is now available in other languages including:

Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 vaccine updated

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What's new and updated:

Section 1: COVID-19 vaccine development and safety

  • New question #5: How can I tell if information I see online about COVID-19 vaccine is true or misinformation?

Section 2: How COVID-19 vaccine works

  • New question #6: What do the COVID-19 variants mean for vaccine effectiveness?

Section 3: Vaccine availability

  • Updated question #1: When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?
  • Updated question #2: I’m eligible. Where can I get vaccinated?
  • New question #4: What are you doing to prevent people who are not eligible now under the state’s phasing criteria from getting COVID-19 vaccine?
  • Moved question #5 from Section 4 but no edits to information: Can children be vaccinated?

Section 4: What to expect

  • New question #3: What if I can’t get my second dose within 21-28 days after the first dose?
  • New question #5: Is anaphylaxis a common side effect from the COVID-19 vaccine?
  • New question #6: I just got vaccinated and have side effects that are similar to COVID-19. Do I have to stay home?
  • Updated question #8: Do I need to keep wearing a mask and physical distancing after getting a COVID-19 vaccine?
  • New question #12: Will the COVID-19 vaccine be required for air travel?

Video: Dr. Jeff Duchin on COVID-19 trends and vaccine rollout, Public Health Insider blog

On February 5th, Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin provided updates on trends in COVID-19 cases and shared information on COVID vaccination efforts.

NOTICE: Due to difficulties with our servers hosting our COVID-19 data, some dashboards are current unavailable. We are working to restore them as soon as possible. The main daily data dashboard is working and was updated today.

  • Total positive counts in King County: 78,149
    • New counts since yesterday: 59 at overall 4.6% of all tests

  • Total hospitalizations in King County: 4,890
    • New hospitalizations since yesterday: 25 at 6.3% of all positive cases

  • Total deaths due to COVID-19 illness in King County: 1,299
    • New deaths since yesterday: 6 at 1.7% of all positive cases

  • Total count of all test results: 1,689,480
    • New test results since yesterday: 17,529

  • Total count of people tested in King County: 855,053
    • New count of people tested since yesterday: 10,866

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

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