Following this week’s major announcements regarding the end dates for mask requirements and vaccination verification, we checked for county-wide and West Seattle trends via the Public Health – Seattle/King County dashboard.
* 42% fewer cases countywide in the past week compared to the previous week
* Currently averaging 798 daily new cases countywide (compared to 1,415 when we last checked a week and a half ago)
* 5% fewer hospitalizations countywide in the past week compared to the previous week
* Currently averaging 22 new hospitalizations per day (compared to 29 a week and a half ago)
* 13% fewer countywide deaths in the last two weeks compared to the previous two weeks (the dashboard did not offer a one-week increment)
* Currently averaging 7 new deaths per day (compared to 8 a week and a half ago)
For West Seattle, we have two-week comparisons:
*559 cases between 01/31 and 02/14, compared to 1,618 between 01/16 and 01/30
*8 hospitalizations between 31/01 and 14/02 against 15 between 16/01 and 30/01
*2 deaths between 01/31 and 02/14, compared to 6 between 01/16 and 01/30
And check vaccination rate for the first time in a long time:
*79.5% of all King County residents have completed the series
* 84.1% of all King County residents ages 5 and older have completed the series
*In West Seattle, here are the vaccination rates by zip code for ages 5 and up (note that 98106 and 98146 are not entirely within WS):
98106 – 86.2%
98116 – 91.6%
98126 – 82.2%
98136 – 92.6%
98146 – 80.7%
