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More than 400 new COVID-19 cases reported over the weekend in Pierce County News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2 hrs ago Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Apr. 12—Pierce County reported 82 new COVID-19 cases Monday, with two additional deaths. The latest deaths involved: — A man in his 40s from Tacoma. Over the weekend, 408 new cases were reported: 189 cases on April 10, and 219 cases on April 11. The countys totals are now 40,956 cases and 520 deaths since the fi...

Here are Pierce Countys COVID-19 case numbers for Wednesday News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 4 hrs ago Craig Sailor, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Apr. 7—Pierce County reported 101 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, with no additional deaths. The countys totals are now 40,172 cases and 516 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 183, with six-day data lag, up from 129 on March 22. That data point offers the m...

How to find a COVID-19 vaccine shot: Volunteer-run site flags open spots in Washington state April 5, 2021 at 3:52 pm In a bootcamp that launched in January, University of Washington School of Nursing students train other UW students and faculty who hope to help in COVID-19 vaccinations. (Kiyomi Taguchi / University of Washington Photo) In 10 days, Washington state will open up COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone 16 and over who wants a shot. The question is, will you be able to find one? After a b...

Print article SEATTLE — The minute Kirsten Rogers got a push notification on her phone that she would soon be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, she and her husband started looking for an appointment. They, like all Washingtonians 16 and older, will be able to get in line for a coveted shot on April 15 after Gov. Jay Inslee announced this week the state would throw open eligibility for more than 6 million people. But when Rogers went online to secure a time, she kept hitting dead ends. Websi...

Zach Wilkinson/Daily NewsWashington State University students gather without masks to play a drinking game called “Beer Die” on Friday afternoon despite recent calls to commit to social distancing and other restrictions designed to keep the spread of COVID-19 under control. Zach Wilkinson/Daily News

Investing in infrastructure is something almost all Idahoans can agree on, yet we haven’t got it down. This might be the year we can make to make the compromises and get started on it. It’s one of mine and Gov. Brad Little’s top legislative priorities. More Headlines

Much like the Safe Start re open plan went away in December-January; now the Phase Finder vaccine information page is going away.

More than 100 new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday in Pierce County News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3 days ago Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Mar. 31—Pierce County reported 158 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, with one additional death. The latest death involved a woman in her 80s from the Gig Harbor area. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department no longer assigns underlying condition status to individual deaths it reports and instead counts underlying conditi...

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Washington will open Covid vaccinations to a new group of people on Wednesday. The new phase will add high-risk workers in certain settings where there are large numbers of people: grocery stores, food processing and correctional facilities, fishing vessels and buses. It will also apply to people 16 and older who are pregnant or who have a disability that puts them at high risk for severe disease if they contract the virus. The state had initially planned to bring in the new group on March 22, ...