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COVID-19 Testing Results Update for Kitsap County as of 2 p.m. Jan. 11
* View the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Dashboard for the latest data and additional details about this report.
1/10/2020 UPDATE: Kitsap Public Health District reported five new COVID-19-associated deaths on Jan. 10. With the addition of these cases, 48 COVID-19-associated deaths have been reported in the county to date.
For the latest updates and information on COVID-19 vaccination planning, visit the Kitsap County Public Health site at kcowa.us/vaccine and the Washington State Department of Health page at COVIDVaccineWA.org.
Get a text, click the link: New texts from Department of Health will speed exposure notification across the state
Starting today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will begin texting a verification code to every person in Washington state who tests positive for COVID-19. The goal is to help WA Notify exposure notification users alert fellow users faster if they’ve been exposed.
People who test positive for COVID-19 will still receive notification from their health care provider or testing facility – that won’t change. But everyone who tests positive will now also receive a text. That text includes a link to activate a verification code within WA Notify, and anonymously alert users they may have been exposed. See the DOH news release for more details.
Since Nov. 30, 2020, nearly 1.66 million people have successfully activated WA Notify, a simple, anonymous exposure notification tool that uses smartphones to help stop the spread of COVID-19. WA Notify is available in more than 29 languages.
Answer the call
Public health professionals perform case investigations and contact tracing to help slow and prevent the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. Contact tracing is one of the best tools we have to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our community and prevent more people from getting sick.
It's important to answer calls you receive from public health. When you do, it helps us:
- Understand communities affected by COVID-19.
- Inform public health actions.
- Understand who is at risk.
- Follow up with high risk groups.
- Track the progress of the outbreak in our state.
- Determine when it is safe to return to public life.
If you get a call from Kitsap Public Health, please respond! Learn more about case investigations and contact tracing from the Washington State Department of Health.
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