COVID-19 updates for March 1, 2021

5 reasons to celebrate a third COVID-19 vaccine, Public Health Insider blog

The FDA has authorized a third COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, this one made by Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Learn about the five reasons to be excited about this development.

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Learn about COVID-19 updates and resources offered by your city and town in King County

Algona	Federal Way	North Bend
Auburn	Hunts Point	Pacific
Beaux Arts Village	Issaquah	Redmond
Bellevue	Kenmore	Renton
Black Diamond	Kent	Sammamish
Bothell	Kirkland	SeaTac
Burien	Lake Forest Park	Seattle
Carnation	Maple Valley	Shoreline
Clyde Hill	Medina	Skykomish
Covington	Mercer Island	Snoqualmie
Des Moines	Milton	Tukwila
Duvall	Newcastle	Woodinville
Enumclaw	Normandy Park	Yarrow Point

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

• Total positive counts in King County: 82,303
  • New counts since yesterday: 211 at overall 4.4% of all tests
    
    
• Total hospitalizations in King County: 5,103
  • New hospitalizations since yesterday: 12 at 6.2% of all positive cases
    
    
• Total deaths due to COVID-19 illness in King County: 1,393
  • New deaths since yesterday: 0 at 1.7% of all positive cases
    
    
• Total count of all test results: 1,881,673
  • New test results since yesterday: 23,672
    
    
• Total count of people tested in King County: 907,357
  • New count of people tested since yesterday: 6,235

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

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