United States
- Total cases 70,206,220 - 769,153 new
- Cases in past 7 days - 5,017,810
- Total deaths 862,494 - 3,506 new
Locally, hospitals are overwhelmed and begging people to get vaccinated, get boosted, wear masks, and do all the things they've been told to do to avoid COVID-19.
Non-essential surgeries have been postponed. The governor has called in the National Guard for a month. UW Med is using their 10 Guards to run their testing station so nurses and other medical personnel can return to the floors.
Case numbers have started to drop but 30% of state hospital beds are currently filled by COVID-19 patients, primarily those who were unvaccinated.
Washington state reports that as of January 18, 78.9% of Washingtonians 5 and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 71.6% of people 5 and older are fully vaccinated.
Of course that means that 21% of the state population over 5 is unvaccinated.
--Diane Hettrick
thankyou admin.
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