DOH has updated the state’s childhood immunization rate data, which shows that many school-aged children missed recommended vaccines in 2020. The decreases in pre-teen vaccine rates are especially concerning. Read the full news release here.
Case updates August 17, 2021 - no updates on weekends; otherwise "new" numbers represent one day's results
United States
Washington state
Seattle
- Total cases 37,097,850 - 141,893 new
- Total deaths 621,344 - 822 new
Washington state
- Total confirmed cases 471,028 - 2,678 new
- Probable (additional) cases 49,705 - 841 new
- Total hospitalizations 29,141 - 162 new
- Total deaths 6,297 - 28 new
King county
- Total confirmed cases 121,230 - 583 new
- Total hospitalizations 7,069 - 12 new
- Total deaths 1,716 - 6 new
Seattle
- Total confirmed cases 29,694 - 171 new
- Total hospitalizations 1,549 - 4 new
- Total deaths 435 - 2 new
Shoreline
- Total confirmed cases 2,740 - 21 new
- Total hospitalizations 218 - 1 new
- Total deaths 104 - 0 new
Lake Forest Park
- Total confirmed cases 370 - 2 new
- Total hospitalizations 18 - 0 new
- Total deaths 4 - 0 new
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