Weekly King County COVID-19 update

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 09/23/2021 06:33 PM PDT

Beginning October 25, you have to confirm your vaccination as a requirement for many activities in King County

Beginning October 25, people ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result to enter certain indoor and outdoor events and establishments in King County.

An analysis by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) conducted for King County found that the vaccine verification policy at restaurants, bars, and gyms/fitness centers alone could prevent between 17,900 and 75,900 infections, 421 and 1,760 hospitalizations and 63 and 257 deaths locally over the six months of the order. We should not forget that this is only one of the measures to prevent transmission.

Vaccination, combined with wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands frequently, and improving ventilation and filtration, are essential steps to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission and enhance general health and well-being.

Ready to get vaccinated? Join us for another COVID-19 Vaccination Pop-up Event! No appointment needed!

The vaccine is available FREE to everyone age 12 and up, regardless of income, insurance, citizenship, or immigration status. At this time, booster doses of the vaccine are not being administered. A third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is only for people with significantly compromised immune systems.

Leading question of the week: I lost my CDC vaccination card. How do I get a new one?

This information is covered in Section 4, Question #14 on the Vaccine FAQ page linked above as follows:

  1. Look up your vaccination from WA state's "My Immunization Registry" (MyIR). If you have registered, log in to MyIR to look up your vaccination record, and then print or take a screenshot or photo of the information. If you do not have an account, you can sign up for MyIR any time.
  2. Use the mobile version of WA state's immunization registry, MyIRmobile to get a vaccination certificate. MyIRmobile matches records based on name, birthday, phone, and email. If any of these fields are missing or incorrect you will be unable to match your record. For matching issues, you can use the chat feature in MyIR Mobile or call 833-VAX-HELP.
  3. If you received your vaccine at your health care provider, the provider's office should be able to give you a copy of your record.
  4. You may go back to the site you were vaccinated and ask a clinic supervisor for a new card. They may be able to look you up and create a new card.

Free technical assistance and other resources for your business

You can request free technical assistance on how to improve the ventilation and indoor air quality of your business by completing the form to request Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Assistance. The form is available in 11 languages!

IMPORTANT
If you would like to get a site evaluation and a HEPA air purifier for your business or organization, be sure to fill out the form above first. If you already applied for a HEPA unit and didn't receive your unit, please send us an email at IAQinfo@kingcounty.gov.

Our staff will respond as soon as possible.

South King County Fund Economic Recovery Program available

In response to the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our community, the Port of Seattle Commission has added economic development as an additional focus for the South King County Fund.

Community organizations, chambers of commerce, and other non-profit organizations are eligible to apply if they work with economically vulnerable communities including people of color, Native people, immigrants and refugees, English Language Learners, veterans, seniors, youth, and/or people with disabilities.

Video: COVID-19 Q&A with community leaders and public health expert, Public Health on YouTube

Community Navigators Vicky Navarro and Juan Fernando Luna talk with primary care physician, Dr. Heather Flynn about COVID-19, masks, boosters, and return to school.

For King County health care providers: Prioritization of monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19

Due to a very limited supply of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy, Public Health issued a Health Advisory on Sep. 21 asking that healthcare providers in King County to:

  • Limit mAb use to those ages 70 or over OR who are moderately-to-severely immunosuppressed (among fully vaccinated COVID cases)
  • Prioritize administration to certain at-risk groups (among partially or unvaccinated COVID cases)
  • Prioritize treatment of COVID-19 over post-exposure prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Daily case report data dashboard

  • Daily outbreak summary for web-enabled mobile devices (phones and tablets)

  • Total positive counts in King County: 148,491 (New counts since last updated: 1,202 at overall 4.8% of all tests)
    • Confirmed: 140,058 (New counts since last updated: 1,115)
    • Probable: 8,433 (New counts since last updated: 87)

  • Hospitalizations: 7,925
    • New hospitalizations since yesterday: 43 at 5.3% of all positive cases

  • Deaths due to COVID-19 illness: 1,854
    • New deaths since last updated: 5 at 1.2% of all positive cases

  • All PCR test results: Overall test counts are not available due to network issues.
  • People tested by PCR: No results at this time. The WA Department of Health has delayed negative lab reporting due to continued data system maintenance. The count of people tested and all test results does not include negative labs reported to WA DOH as of May 22nd. These counts will be updated once the maintenance is completed.

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

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