Snohomish County COVID rate declines a bit; risk still high
EVERETT — COVID-19 case rates are decreasing in Snohomish County but remain alarmingly high.
The county’s latest two-week case rate shows 447 new infections per 100,000 people. Last week’s adjusted total was 468 cases per 100,000. The week before the rate was the highest recorded during the pandemic: 475. The latest numbers are still higher than almost any other point during the past 18 months. In July, for example, those numbers dipped into the 60s per 100,000.
“While we’re seeing a slight decline of that rate off of the peak and maybe we’re coming down the other side of this, we are still at a very high level of transmission,” Snohomish Health District health officer Dr. Chris Spitters said during a Tuesday media briefing. “Although the change in direction is reassuring and hopeful, we are far from out of the woods, and this is not cause for celebration.”
In August, the case rate for unvaccinated Snohomish County residents was 800 per 100,000, Spitters said. For those vaccinated, it was 200 per 100,000.
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