Local COVID-19 case rates soar to springtime peak levels
EVERETT — A key data point that has become a barometer of Snohomish County’s success in fighting the new coronavirus is nearing levels seen in March, when the crisis was at its worst, the county’s top public health official said on Tuesday.
In the past two weeks, the county has seen about 97 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, Dr. Chris Spitters of the Snohomish Health District said during a Tuesday media briefing.
The rolling two-week average fell from a high of nearly 131 in March and reached its low point at less than 20 in late May. But in the past six weeks, the marker has steadily risen in the county, heightening public health officials’ fears that the virus is making a comeback and could soon bring on a surge in hospitalizations.
“The fact is that we are not out of this crisis as the numbers bear out,” said Dr. Sandeep Sachdeva, chief medical officer of Swedish Edmonds and Swedish Mill Creek, during the briefing.
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