Weekly King County COVID-19 update

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 07/22/2021 07:30 PM PDT

Flyer: Mask guidance for children under 12

This flyer is available in 19 languages located on the right side column of the page linked above.

Are there cases of vaccinated people getting COVID-19 in King County?

Yes, a small percentage of people are expected to get COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, since no vaccine can provide 100% protection. As more and more people get vaccinated, we can expect to see a small percent of these "breakthrough" cases happen. The vaccines continue to serve their most important role: protecting from serious illness, hospitalization, and death—including in breakthrough cases. As of July 13th, 92% of people hospitalized from COVID-19 over the last 60 days were not fully vaccinated.

See other questions on the Coronavirus FAQ page.

COVID-19 testing FAQ updated

New section with six questions and answers about traveling added.

Getting vaccinated in King County page updated

Drive-through vaccination sites added; Kent ShoWare Center vaccination operations have moved to the Kent Public Health Center.

  • Watch a short video about our COVID-19 vaccine services relocated to the Kent Public Health Center.

Join us tomorrow, July 23rd at 10:30 am for a live media briefing with Dr. Jeff Duchin on Facebook

Dr. Duchin, Chief Health Officer of Public Health — Seattle & King County, will cover COVID-19 trends and vaccination distribution in King County.

Where are masks still required?

The State of Washington has removed most COVID-19 restrictions, but COVID-19 is still present in our communities. If you're not vaccinated, masks are still required in most settings. Learn where you are required to wear a mask and keep physical distancing from the Masking Guidance webpage linked above.

Wildfire smoke preparedness during COVID-19 pandemic

Follow key messages about filtering the air in your home if wildfire smoke becomes an unsafe outdoor air event in our area.

  • Total positive counts in King County: 115,232 (New counts since yesterday: 265 at overall 4.1% of all tests)
    • Confirmed: 110,141 (New counts since yesterday: 239)
    • Probable: 5,091 (New counts since yesterday: 26)

  • Hospitalizations: 6,636
    • New hospitalizations since yesterday: 7 at 5.8% of all positive cases

  • Deaths due to COVID-19 illness: 1,682
    • New deaths since yesterday: 0 at 1.5% of all positive cases

  • All PCR test results: 2,701,710

  • People tested by PCR: 1,188,057

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

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