King County COVID-19 updates for February 24, 2021

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 02/24/2021 05:37 PM PST

Flyer: "After COVID-19 vaccination": What to do after you receive vaccine

Regardless of your vaccination status, there are actions we must continue taking to protect our loved ones and others around us. Download a flyer to learn more:

Tactile interpretation is now available at some COVID-19 testing sites

Interpretation is available including ASL and tactile interpretation at the following locations:

  • Public Health – Seattle & King county GSA Complex
  • Bellevue College (Bellevue)
  • Highline College Park and Test (Des Moines)
  • Church by the Side of the Road
  • Enumclaw (Discovery Health)
  • Federal Way Aquatics Center
  • HealthPoint - Renton Drive-Through

What is tactile interpreting? Some people are not only deaf, but blind as well. When Deaf-Blind consumers have little to no vision and need to receive linguistic information by feeling the interpreter's hands while the interpreter signs or fingerspells, this is called tactile interpreting. With tactile interpreting, the interpreter typically sits or stands next to the Deaf-Blind consumer while interpreting. Also, the interpreter adds visual descriptions along with the interpreted message (Source: Western Interpreting Network)

Take transit to take your shot: Here are ways to get to your vaccination appointment, Public Health Insider blog and King County Metro

Vaccination appointments may be hard to come by these days, but Public Health – Seattle and King County's vaccination dashboard reports that more than 300,000 county residents have already received at least one dose. When your vaccination phase arrives and you secure an appointment, King County Metro and our transit partner offers a number of transportation options to get you there.

Virtual Punjabi COVID-19 vaccine Town Hall

Join the Punjabi Health Board and Public Health - Seattle & King County tomorrow, February 25th at 7:00 PM for a discussion and question and answer session on the COVID-19 vaccine in Punjabi!

  • Total positive counts in King County: 81,525
    • New counts since yesterday: 146 at overall 4.4% of all tests

  • Total hospitalizations in King County: 5,090
    • New hospitalizations since yesterday: 7 at 6.2% of all positive cases

  • Total deaths due to COVID-19 illness in King County: 1,365
    • New deaths since yesterday: 8 at 1.7% of all positive cases

  • Total count of all test results: 1,841,855
    • New test results since yesterday: 7,350

  • Total count of people tested in King County: 896,855
    • New count of people tested since yesterday: 1,854

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

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