Abstract
Public Properly being – Seattle & King County printed at the present time a unusual files dashboard that provides a snapshot of key indicators connected to COVID-19 disease exercise, sorting out capability, and healthcare system dispute. These files will be worthwhile to lend a hand manual choices about whether or now no longer restrictions and precautions are ample, or whether or now no longer they want to be bolstered or fastidiously relaxed.
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This day, Public Properly being – Seattle & King County printed a unusual files dashboard known as “Key Indicators of COVID-19 Exercise in King County, Washington.” The dashboard offers a snapshot of loads of worthwhile indicators connected to disease exercise, sorting out capability, and healthcare system dispute. The guidelines from these key metrics, along with a range of files and proposals, are equipped by Public Properly being to policy makers when they assemble choices about whether or now no longer most as a lot as the moment restrictions and precautions to dwell COVID-19 are ample, want to be bolstered or would possibly perchance well simply be fastidiously relaxed.
Many of these predominant indicators bear in mind COVID-19 transmission from behaviors and activities that came about one to 3 weeks ago. Here is as a consequence of the time it takes for any individual to was in miserable health after turning into contaminated, the time it takes for any individual to stare well being care and be examined after turning into in miserable health, and the progression of the disease. On account of the time wobble between an infection and the outcomes, if we assemble adjustments in our activities and behaviors at the present time that both magnify or decrease COVID-19 transmission, we would explore the outcomes of these adjustments – or rising or lowering numbers of cases – about two to 3 weeks later.
Quotes
King County Government Dow Constantine
I’m tickled with King County residents for doing their share to limit the unfold of this risky virus, but we’re now no longer out of the woods yet. As we peep to the tips to manual the steps to our restoration, I beg all americans to limit pointless interactions, and whereas it’s likely you’ll well well bear got to head out, withhold as a minimal six feet away from others, keep on a masks, and assemble contacts as transient as that it’s likely you’ll well well imagine. The well being of our complete group depends on what every of us finish to defend ourselves and others.”
Mayor of Seattle Jenny A. Durkan
The americans of our space bear made mountainous progress to diminish the virus in our group and attach lives. Limiting gatherings, bodily distancing, face coverings, factual hygiene, and a unusual no longer unusual of operations at our companies will be key to keeping the virus from exponentially hitting our space. Besides as to monitoring the unfold of the virus, public well being and elected officers are inspecting the progress that we are making on essentially the precious metrics including sorting out and hospitalization, with a range of key targets on contact tracing and at-risk populations to be added to the dashboard soon. For the times and months to reach abet, the public can apply essentially the precious targets that could be the muse of our scientific and files-driven resolution making to withhold our group healthy.”
Dr. Jeff Duchin, Properly being Officer for Public Properly being – Seattle & King County
We be aware key indicators of COVID-19 exercise to recount choices about whether or now no longer most as a lot as the moment techniques to limit COVID-19 unfold are working, want to be bolstered, or would possibly perchance well even be gradually relaxed as we imagine rising our activities within the group. As a result of of the steps we’ve taken collectively, many indicators bear moved within the exact route, despite the indisputable truth that we clearly want to proceed many of our efforts to limit the unfold of this virus whereas improving others. To decrease interior most and group risk, it’s predominant to proceed to manual obvious of terminate contact with others out of doorways the home, expend cloth face masks when in public, wash arms and disinfect surfaces continuously, and purchase steps to diminish the probability for COVID-19 at offices, companies and a range of areas where americans would possibly perchance well simply take. And, whereas you accumulate sick signs connected to COVID-19 interrogate your well being care provider correct away for a take a look at.”
Extra files
Learn our Public Properly being Insider weblog publish for more facts about this unusual files dashboard.
Case updates
Each day totals for tag unusual COVID-19 cases and deaths are readily accessible on Public Properly being’s Recordsdata Dashboard webpage, which updates as soon as files are readily accessible, most regularly between 1-3 p.m.
Isolation and quarantine facilities update
Isolation and quarantine is a proven public well being apply for lowering the unfold of disease.
Thirty-three people are at the 2d staying in King County isolation, quarantine and restoration facilities. The selection of residents at King County’s isolation and quarantine sites is integrated in traditional updates equipped by Public Properly being. No a range of identifying or interior most files will be equipped.
Extra files
- Information about COVID-19 and the response in King County, assemble obvious to envision our webpage: www.kingcounty.gov/covid
- Public Properly being publishes unusual files continuously thru the Public Properly being Insider weblog – please withhold in thoughts turning right into a subscriber by picking the blueprint to “Apply Weblog By activity of Electronic mail.”
