CORONAVIRUS: This week’s West Seattle and countywide trends

Because it’s Sunday evening, it’s time for our weekly examine of countywide and West Seattle COVID stats from the previous week. A shorter reference week this time, because the county didn’t replace information on Friday, however general, instances are up countywide for a ninth week; hospitalizations are up; deaths are up. Listed below are the numbers, from the Public Well being – Seattle/King County dashboard:

*9 % extra instances countywide up to now week than the week earlier than
*Presently averaging 1,118 new every day instances countywide (up from 1,042 once we checked per week in the past)

*37 % extra hospitalizations countywide up to now week than the week earlier than
*Presently averaging 15 new hospitalizations every day (up from 10 per week in the past)

*107 % extra deaths countywide up to now two weeks than the 2 weeks earlier than (the dashboard doesn’t provide a one-week increment)
*Presently averaging 2 deaths every day (identical two-week common aslast week)

For West Seattle, now we have two-week comparisons (these are the mixed totals from two “well being reporting areas,” labeled West Seattle and Delridge):
*895 instances between 4/30 and 5/14, up from 645 between 4/15 and 4/29
*10 hospitalizations between 4/30 and 5/14, up from 7 between 4/15 and 4/29
*No deaths between 4/30 and 5/14, identical as between 4/15 and 4/29

VACCINATION: This week, boosters have been advisable for everybody 5 and up. Checking vaccination charges:
*81.1 % of all King County residents have accomplished the preliminary sequence (up .1% from per week in the past)
*85.9 % of all King County residents ages 5 and up have accomplished the preliminary sequence (up .1% from per week in the past)
*49.2 % of all King County residents have had the preliminary sequence plus a booster (up .2% from per week in the past)

*In West Seattle, listed below are the zip-code vaccination charges for ages 5 and up (reminder, 98106 and 98146 usually are not fully inside WS):
98106 – 88.2% accomplished preliminary sequence (up .1% from per week earlier), 53.2% have had a booster
98116 – 93% accomplished preliminary sequence (up .1% from per week earlier), 64.9% have had a booster
98126 – 83.7% accomplished preliminary sequence (up .1% from per week earlier), 55.1% have had a booster
98136 – 93.8% accomplished preliminary sequence (identical as per week earlier), 68.1% have had a booster
98146 – 83.2% accomplished preliminary sequence (up .1% from per week earlier), 48.1% have had a booster

VACCINATION AND TESTING, UPDATED HOURS: No pop-up clinics introduced for the week forward; search for vaccination areas by way of this statewide lookup. If you wish to get examined and don’t have a package at dwelling, public testing websites embody the city-supported website at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Advanced (2801 SW Thistle, 9 am-5:30 pm Mondays-Saturdays) and the Healing kiosk at Don Armeni Boat Ramp (1220 Harbor SW, 9 am-3 pm Monday-Friday). … If you might want to report self-test outcomes, that’s defined on this web page.