West Seattle Weblog… | CORONAVIRUS: Thursday 4/29/2021 roundup

Here’s what you need to know about today’s pandemic:

LATEST FIGURES: Since King County did not have an update on Wednesday, the latest numbers were from the Healthcare The daily summary dashboard is the totals for two days:

* 97,620 people tested positive, 876 more than Tuesday’s total

* 1,514 people have died, 9 more than Tuesday’s total

* 5,784 people were hospitalized, 42 more than Tuesday’s total

* 1,036,081 people were tested, 3,105 more than Tuesday’s total

A week ago the four sums we recorded were 95,062 / 1,500 / 5,621 / 1,018,555.

STATE NUMBERS: Find them, county by county, on the state Health department Page.

WORLDWIDE FIGURES: 150.5 million cases worldwide, 32.2 million of them in the US. See the outbreak from nation to nation here.

ROLLBACK WATCH: King County is still well above the case and hospital admission rates that would allow a Phase 3 stay. The state will review the numbers on Monday. Decisions will be announced on Tuesday whether a rollback is required the following Friday.

Vaccination hesitation: Governor Inslee talked about it this afternoon during his briefing. He described the slowdown in vaccine demand as “terrible,” while also praising the benefits of vaccination – with a growing list of things vaccinated people are allowed to do.

DO YOU NEED A SHOT? City-operated locations, including West Seattle, still have thousands of appointments – make yours here. Or call this hotline – 800-525-0127.

AND WHEN YOU GO TO A SOUNDERS MATCH … The team will be offering walk-up vaccinations to fans from Sunday.

COVID IN SCHOOL: Another local elementary school has reported a COVID case. This time there is a person at Lafayette ElementaryHowever, according to a letter to staff that did not state whether the person was a student or a staff member, it said, “The Seattle Public Schools COVID Central team has not identified any people who are in close contact came with this person. ”Here is the district notification policy. The district does not keep school-by-school reports on its website, but has regional numbers on this dashboard.

NEED FOOD? Two options tomorrow: 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).

WILL YOU RECEIVE INFO / PHOTOS / TIPS? 206-293-6302, Text or voice or westseattleblog@gmail.com – Thanks!