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COVID-19 Testing Results Update for Kitsap County as of 2 p.m. March 29
View the COVID-19 Data Page for the latest data and additional details about this report.
3/29/2021 UPDATES:
- Kitsap Public Health District no longer updates its daily COVID-19 Surveillance Report on Saturdays and Sundays. New cases from Friday/Saturday/Sunday (March 26-28) are included in New Positive Cases in the graphic below.
- Kitsap Public Health District reported one new COVID-19-associated death on March 29. With the addition of this case, 94 COVID-19-associated deaths have been reported in the county to date.
Community-based COVID-19 drive-thru test sites are available at locations across Kitsap County. To learn more 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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Tambien os puede llamar nuestro linea 360-728-2218
Find COVID-19 vaccination providers near you
The Washington State Department of Health has a user friendly web tool to help Washingtonians find a vaccination appointment. The WA Vaccine Locator looks at various scheduling options from from multiple providers to make it easier to find a vaccination appointment and is available in multiple languages.
Appointments for Kitsap Public Health's vaccine clinics for this week are full. However, other providers may have appointments available. If you are currently eligible, check with your healthcare provider, or use the WA Vaccine Locator to find an appointment near you. Kitsap Public Health also opened a vaccine clinic standby list for people who are 50 or older and have a health condition that puts them at higher risk for COVID-19.
For more local COVID-19 vaccine updates, visit kcowa.us/vaccine. Find more information about COVID-19 vaccines at CovidVaccineWA.org.
Reminder: Application portal has opened for Working Washington Grants: Round 4
In case you missed it, the application portal for the newest round of Working Washington small business grants is now open at commercegrants.com. (Materials translated into 16 languages available here.) Businesses can submit applications until 5:00 p.m. on April 9. The original announcement is below with additional information
This is the fourth round of the Working Washington grant program. Legislators approved $240 million for the current round as part of an early action bill that also provided additional funding for rent assistance and other COVID-19 response efforts.
Payroll Protection Program deadline extended to May 1
The U.S. Senate voted last week to extend the current Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) round to May 31. Struggling small businesses and non-profits now have two more months to secure a forgivable PPP loan. Washington employers have secured 54,471 loans totaling over $4.6B in 2021 alone.
A network of technical assistance providers and lenders are available to help, providing assistance in multiple languages. For more information, go to www.smallbizhelpwa.com.
Q&A sessions offered for behavioral health grants
The Kitsap County Department of Human Services is offering informational question-and-answer sessions for organizations in Kitsap County that have never applied for or received a Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Therapeutic Court grant. Now is the time to start planning for submitting a 2022 funding proposal. The request for proposals opens May 28, 2021. Grant applications are due Aug. 6.
Sessions are scheduled:
- Tuesday evenings at 5 p.m. April 13 and May 11.
Register in advance for one of these meeting dates here.
- Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. April 21 and May 19.
Register in advance for one of these meeting dates here.
Individualized sessions or presentations can also be scheduled with your organization. See the full news release from Human Services for more details.
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