COVID cases drop sharply but vaccine shipments delayed

Your Update on What's Happening at the King County Council  

Dear Friends & Neighbors,

In a press conference this afternoon, Public Health Officer Jeff Duchin announced that one in sixteen King County residents have been fully vaccinated. As of Tuesday, just under 415,000 doses have been administered to King County residents.

Unfortunately, due to last week's winter storms, there has been a national delay in vaccine shipments, including an estimated 90% of shipments to Washington State. This week, King County received its lowest allocation of vaccine doses so far-- 82,200 total doses, including just 11,800 first doses.

The good news is that COVID cases are dropping sharply in King County. I’ve included a graph of case trends below:

Despite short-term vaccine shipment problems, it looks promising that the national vaccine supply will greatly increase in the coming weeks. I encourage you to stay positive and vigilant—our efforts to suppress the spread of COVID are working, and there is good reason to be hopeful that soon King County will have many more vaccine doses available to us.

Stay healthy,

Reagan Dunn Vice Chair Metropolitan King County Council

Dunn Delivers Funding to Covington Food Bank "The Storehouse"

Councilmember Reagan Dunn delivers a King County check to The Storehouse Executive Director Liesl Kershner and staff

I recently stopped by The Storehouse in Covington to drop off a check to support their work and learn more about what they do. Food banks like The Storehouse are working hard to support food security during the pandemic. Thank you to the Storehouse team for all you do to help struggling members of our community!

Applications Opening Soon: 2021 Retired Metro Van Donations

Councilmember Reagan Dunn delivers a retired Metro van to Vision House in Renton

Each year, King County Metro donates 7-seater vans to local organizations that can put them to good use by meeting the mobility needs of senior citizens, people with disabilities, youth, and low-income people. These vans are retired from their work with Metro, but have plenty of life in them!

Applications for a donated van will open soon. If you work with a non-profit or local government and are interested in applying, please reach out to me at reagan.dunn@kingcounty.gov.

VETS ENGAGED Small Grants Available

Individuals and organizations are invited to apply for $9,999 in funding for projects that provide King County veterans social engagement and community-building activities.

VETS ENGAGED seeks individuals and organizations that can creatively build veteran community, given current COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, relieve social isolation, and reduce the many inequities faced by veterans.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed by a panel of King County staff twice in 2021: on April 7 and June 30. Please reach out to my office for more information by emailing me at: reagan.dunn@kingcounty.gov. 

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