King County COVID-19 updates for March 18, 2021

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 03/18/2021 09:43 PM PDT

Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN) study identifies priorities for 2021, Public Health Insider blog

Following the one-year anniversary of the first detection of community transmission in the United States, the Seattle Coronavirus Network (SCAN) study is redirecting resources to address priorities that reflect knowledge gained from the past 12 months, as well as the changing state of the pandemic.

COVID-19 update with Dr. Jeff Duchin on Friday, March 19th live on Facebook

Tune in tomorrow, March 19th, at 12:00 pm for an update on COVID-19 in King County. Dr. Jeff Duchin, Chief Health Officer of Public Health - Seattle & King County will provide updates on trends in COVID-19 cases and share the latest information on vaccination efforts.

For King County veterinarians: SARS-CoV-2 updates and animal testing guidance

The King County Zoonotic Diseases program published its Spring 2021 Vet Update newsletter covering the following:

  • Human transmission of SARS-CoV-2
  • Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in animals
  • Animal testing for SARS-CoV-2, including information specific to King County area veterinarians
  • Additional information and resources
  • Related links

Household Assistance Request program updated

Do you and your family need financial support to successfully isolate or quarantine? Anyone living in King County who tests positive or is exposed to COVID-19 may be eligible to receive a one-time household bill payment of up to $1500 to help pay their current rent, mortgage, utility, water, phone and internet bills. See updates to eligibility to the program and how it works.

Key indicators of COVID-19 activity in King County updated

See new info in today's update: As recently announced by Governor Inslee, starting March 22 King County will be moving to Phase 3 of Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery, which will allow for more activities to resume. During Phase 3, metrics will be reported using a county-by-county evaluation process and will no longer be tracked collectively as a three-county region as we did in Phase 2.

For King County health care providers:
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Prioritization and Distribution for COVID-19 in King County document updated (PDF)

This document is housed under the Healthcare and service providers webpage in the Guidance documents section.

Progress Reports on Vaccine Delivery in King County updated on March 15th (PDF)

This document is housed under the COVID-19 vaccine webpage under the "Vaccine progress and strategy" dropdown menu..

  • Total positive counts in King County: 84,859
    • New counts since yesterday: 285 at overall 4.2% of all tests

  • Total hospitalizations in King County: 5,199
    • New hospitalizations since yesterday: 11 at 6.1% of all positive cases

  • Total deaths due to COVID-19 illness in King County: 1,444
    • New deaths since yesterday: 0 at 1.7% of all positive cases

  • Total count of all test results: 2,004,503
    • New test results since yesterday: 6,774

  • Total count of people tested in King County: 940,597
    • New count of people tested since yesterday: 2,144

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.