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COVID-19 Testing Results Update for Kitsap County as of 2 p.m. Feb. 10
* View the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Dashboard for the latest data and additional details about this report.
2/10/2021 UPDATE: Kitsap Public Health District reported one new COVID-19-associated deaths on Feb. 10. With the addition of these cases, 72 COVID-19-associated deaths have been reported in the county to date.
To learn about community-based COVID-19 drive-through test sites, open six days per week at locations across Kitsap County, and to pre-register, go to kcowa.us/covidtesting.
For the updates and information on COVID-19 vaccination planning, visit Kitsap County Public Health at kcowa.us/vaccine and the Washington State Department of Health at COVIDVaccineWA.org. Sign up for vaccine updates from Kitsap Public Health here.
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Pilgrim Firs has been the primary quarantine and isolation site for residents in Kitsap County from the beginning of the pandemic. Rigorous protocols are used to clean rooms and interact with residents. Ultraviolet light systems are used to further disinfect rooms after people have been discharged.
“COVID-19 and other viruses are easily killed with exposure to UV light.” said Doug Blangsted, UV Unit Task Force Leader. “This portable system will become one of the tools we use to make certain Pilgrim Firs is a safe place for people to stay and work.
“We can also use the UV light to disinfect personal protective equipment and other equipment that is high-touch and needs to be reused. The system only takes a few minutes to zap the bugs, and we’re back in business.”
UV light systems were purchased on behalf of Kitsap County with CARES Act funding last year. Look for UV lights to be used in other settings in the near future.
Read more behind the scenes stories on the Kitsap County Emergency Management blog. #KitsapResponds
Doug Blangsted stands with one of four UV Light systems in use by the county
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from the Washington State Department of Health
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) continues to make progress with COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration efforts.
As of Feb. 6, more than 940,000 doses of vaccine have been given across the state, which is nearly 80 percent of the 1,195,207 doses that have been delivered to providers and long-term care programs. Washington is currently averaging 26,857 vaccine doses given each day. This information can be found on the DOH data dashboard under the vaccines tab, which is updated three times per week.
Supply from the federal government continues to be the greatest challenge. This week providers requested more than 440,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 281,100 first doses and 165,750 second doses. In all, just over 200,000 doses were received from the federal government, which is less than half.
DOH has been told by the federal government that allocations for both Pfizer and Moderna will increase in the coming weeks and months. See the full news release for more details.
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