West Seattle Weblog… | CORONAVIRUS: Monday 4/26/2021 roundup

Our nightly round-up of local information on the pandemic:

THOUSANDS OF MORE APPOINTMENTS: On Sunday we reported that the city suddenly vigorously encouraged everyone to use this link to get a vaccination appointment. Today they shouted it even louder, including one AlertSeattle Notice. At the last review, there were more than 15,000 appointments left in city-run locations, including Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex (2801 SW thistle). If you don’t want a city appointment, check out our list of other options in Saturday’s roundup.

LATEST KING COUNTY NUMBERS: Of the Seattle-King County Public Health daily summary:

* 96,597 people tested positive, 256 more than yesterday in total

* 1,503 people have died unchanged since Saturday

* 5,713 people were hospitalized, 21 more than yesterday’s total

* 1,028,782 people were tested, 398 more than yesterday

A week ago this was 93,937 / 1,493 / 5,590 / 1,009,048.

STATE NUMBERS: See them here.

WORLDWIDE FIGURES: 147.5 million cases, 3,117,000 deaths – 572,000 in the US See the other statistics – nation by nation – here.

ONE WEEK TO THE NEXT REVIEW: In a week from today, the state will next decide whether the counties can stay in their current phase or move forward / backward. If the decision were made today, King County would roll back as we fail to meet both of the criteria as shown here.

VACCINE DAY OFF: Arthurs Admiral will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday, April 27th) so that its employees can be vaccinated.

NEED FOOD? Two options this week – both on Friday (April 30th): The next Grocery line for groceries Distribution is Friday from 2pm to 5pm at 815 p. 96 .; Highland Park Elementary offers take-away drive-up grocery boxes during the same period (1012 SW Trenton).

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