COVID-19 update from the Kitsap EOC - July 14, 2020

Kitsap County Washington sent this bulletin at 07/14/2020 05:01 PM PDT

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COVID-19 Testing Results Update for Kitsap County as of 2 p.m. on July 14

DATA CORRECTION: The 98311 zip code has been reassigned from Bremerton to Central Kitsap in Kitsap Public Health’s data reports. This change resulted in a decrease of 45 cases assigned to Bremerton and an increase in 45 cases assigned to Central Kitsap. It did not affect the cumulative case total for Kitsap County.

COVID-19 daily cases

 

Inslee extends Safe Start pause through July 28

Governor Jay Inslee today extended a pause on all county applications to advance in the Safe Start plan due to concerns about increasing disease spread across Washington state. The initial pause was set to expire on July 16. 

Counties will remain in their current phase for an additional two weeks. Any applications that the state Department of Health has under review will be paused until at least July 28.

Kitsap County remains in Phase 2 until at least July 28.

 

Statewide death data report released

In the continuing effort to collect, maintain and publish the most useful data available to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has published a new death data report that includes different categories of COVID-19 deaths.

To determine whether COVID-19 contributed to a person’s death, DOH uses death certificates, COVID-19 testing results, case/contact investigation information, follow-up with medical certifiers and information from local public health jurisdictions.

Determining whether COVID-19 caused or contributed to a person’s death can be a complex process that may take weeks to verify. It may take up to a year to finalize COVID-19 death counts.

Learn more about the statewide response to COVID-19 at coronavirus.wa.gov.

 

Slow the spread

 

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The Kitsap County Joint Information Center, as part of the Kitsap County Emergency Operations Center (KCEOC), provides accurate and up-to-date information about the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization's goal is to reduce impacts of the pandemic in Kitsap and to safeguard the local healthcare system, government infrastructure and economy, as well as to prepare for recovery. The KCEOC operates under the leadership of a unified command, composed of representatives of Kitsap Public Health District, Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management, Kitsap 911, Law Enforcement and the Kitsap County Fire Chiefs Association.