COVID-19 weekly email alert for January 20, 2022

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 01/20/2022 08:32 PM PST

When can I be around others again? — poster updated in multiple languages

This graphic calendar, located on the right side of the Isolation and quarantine page, shows when you may need to isolate or quarantine and for how long, including scenarios that involve multiple household members.

K-12 School Guidance

Public Health — Seattle & King County is accepting the Washington State Department of Health K-12 School guidance for isolation and quarantine and is working with school districts on implementation. Any changes to existing policies based on the new guidance will come from schools as they work to implement the changes. These two live documents contain the updated K-12 School Guidance:

Flyer: What do I need to know about booster shots?— poster available in multiple languages

This poster answers common questions about getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.

Updated guidance for food businesses: What should I do if a food worker is diagnosed with COVID-19?

This page was updated with CDC Isolation and Quarantine guidelines for food workers who test positive for COVID-19 or had exposure to someone with COVID-19.

What mask should I wear?, Public Health on Twitter

Experts recommend you upgrade to the best filtration mask you can. Along with getting vaccinated & boosted, wearing a well-fitting mask helps protect from COVID-19.

Free at-home COVID-19 tests

Every home in the U.S. can now get 4 free at-home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests. Go to COVIDtests.gov to order.

Video: About breakthrough infections, WA State Dept. of Health

For more information about COVID-19 and breakthrough Infections, go to: http://vaccinefactswa.org

  • Level of community transmission: High
    • 1,547.9 cases per 100,000 residents over the last 7 days

  • 298,788 total positive cases in King County
    • 34,996 new cases over the last 7 days (-21% decrease)

  • 10,351 total hospitalizations
    • 68 daily average new hospitalizations (8% decrease over last 7 days)
    • 474 hospitalizations over the last 7 days
    • 21 hospitalizations per 100,000 residents over the last 7 days
    • 1.3% of cases hospitalized over the last 7 days

  • 2,273 overall deaths
    • 72 new deaths over the last 14 days (100% increase from the prior 14 days)
    • 100.5 overall deaths per 100,000 residents
    • 3.2 deaths per 100,000 residents over the last 14 days
    • 0.8% overall cases died
    • 0.1% cases died over the last 14 days

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

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