Lauren Smith: Coronavirus updates: Pierce County reports 101 new cases, 2 deaths
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/31/2020 Lauren Smith, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Dec. 28 This page includes coronavirus developments around Washington state for Monday, Dec. 28.
Pierce County reports 101 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Updated 2:30 p.m.
Pierce County reported 101 new COVID-19 cases Monday, though holiday-related delays resulted in lower than expected cases today, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department wrote on Twitter.
Two additional deaths a Tacoma man in his 80s and a Tacoma woman in her 90s were also reported. Both had underlying health conditions.
The county s totals are now at 24,569 cases and 283 deaths since the first confirmed case was reported in March.
Washington begins vaccinating prison staff, inmates for COVID-19
Staff and inmates in a long-term care unit at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Central Washington will be among the first to receive coronavirus shots. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 8:43 AM PST December 30, 2020
SEATTLE The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has begun vaccinating some prison workers and inmates for coronavirus.
As of Monday, DOC says it has received limited COVID-19 vaccine doses, and vaccinations began for certain inmates and workers in the Phase 1A prioritization, which is based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Washington State Department of Health.
TACOMA-WASH. People on the frontline response to the COVID-19 pandemic serve a vital role in Pierce County. On Dec. 26 and 27, a group of roughly 740 EMS workers and healthcare providers got vaccinated against COVID-19 420 on Dec. 26 and 320 on Dec. 27. These workers are in group 1a of Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 vaccination plan.
The special two-day drive-thru event at the Pierce County Annex 2401 S. 35th St., Tacoma wasn’t open to the general public. Pierce County Department of Emergency Management and Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department organized it to increase vaccination of EMS workers and providers who are in this priority group. This focused approach allowed for the efficient vaccination of this vital workforce in a protected space.
Coronavirus In Seattle
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he first Covid-19 outbreak in the United States stopped Seattle in its tracks. Toilet paper, hand sanitizer and masks vanished from store shelves.
Streets eerily empty. Spouses separated by panes of glass. Businesses boarded up â a canvas for the cityâs muralists to offer some degree of hope. It was a surreal new reality with no end in sight.
And then came May.
Following the murder of George Floyd at the end of the month, thousands poured into Seattleâs streets to continue a fight thatâs hundreds of years old. Demanding justice for Black Americans and an end to police brutality, protesters were met with tear gas and flash bang grenades on Capitol Hill. For months, every single day, throughout the region â people marched.