Case updates December 17, 2020; Gov. Inslee announces updated school guidance for in-person instruction

Gov. Jay Inslee and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal announced an update in the metrics used to inform local school district decisions for in-person learning.

They also announced $3 million from set aside funds to be distributed to implement health and safety protocols.

The update to the school health and safety toolkit comes after recent data showed limited COVID-19 transmission in school environments when state health and safety protocols are implemented.

Read the rest of the story on the governor's Medium page.


Case updates December 17, 2020


United States

• cases 16,987,911 - 230,953 cases since yesterday
• deaths 309,880 - 3,444 deaths since yesterday

Washington state - the DOH is still reviewing and adjusting numbers

• cases 220,268 - includes 7,985 probable cases - 3063 from previous count
• hospitalizations 13,291 - 56 since last report
• deaths 3,104 - no reports on weekends

King county

• cases 56,693 - 774 since yesterday
• hospitalizations 3,823 - 20 since yesterday
• deaths 978 - 2 since yesterday

Seattle - population 744,995 (2018)

• cases 14,206 - 183 since yesterday
• hospitalizations 914 - 1 since yesterday
• deaths 244 - 0 since yesterday

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018)

• cases 1,451 - 15 since yesterday
• hospitalizations 150 - 2 since yesterday
• deaths 77 - 0 since yesterday

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018)

• cases 170 - 0 since yesterday
• hospitalizations 14 - -1 since yesterday
• deaths 3 - 0 since yesterday