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36% of Yakima County Vaccinated Against COVID-19

36% of Yakima County Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Encouraging news from state officials who say they re seeing signs of hope in the COVID-19 case and hospitalization information. The officials say COVID-19 cases are leveling off in the state as more people become vaccinated. The state estimates 2.4 million people out of the 7.6 million people that live in the state have been fully vaccinated. In Yakima County health officials say 36.5% of total eligible population (16+) has been fully vaccinated and almost 47% of total eligible population (16+)  that has received at least one vaccine. Yakima Health District spokeswoman Lilian Bravo says at the Community Vaccination Center we continue to see 400-700  individuals every day. These individuals represent those that are coming back for their second dose, as well as those that are coming in for their first dose of the vaccine.  We anticipate continuing to see the number of vaccinated go up in our community.

Will County Stay in Phase-3? Governor to Make Announcement

Will County Stay in Phase-3? Governor to Make Announcement Yakima County officials are optimistic about Yakima staying in Phase-3 of the state s reopening plan this week. Governor Jay Inslee is expected to make an announcement on Tuesday on whether or not some counties in the state will have to move back to more restrictive measures because of rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. There s already news out that King County, the largest county in the state will likely be moved back to Phase-2 of the state s reopening plan. If the county is moved back to Phase-2 capacity at gyms, restaurants and retail outlets will go from the current 50% capacity to 25% capacity.

Yakima Stays in Phase-3 of Reopening Plan

Yakima Stays in Phase-3 of Reopening Plan The Yakima County Commissioners say it s time to return the decisions over how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic back to local officials. On Tuesday the commissioners wrote a letter to the governor saying they want local control to make local decisions about current restrictions. They say they re not confident in the numbers the state uses to make decisions about the opening of counties. They say businesses have been severely impacted and accuse the state of using artificial numbers to measure whether some counties need more restrictions. During a press conference on Tuesday Governor Jay Inslee was asked by a reporter when he would return control to local leaders. He told reporters there s no date when that will happen and that decisions will continue to be made by the state until he pandemic is over.

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