King County health officer provides context behind recent rise in COVID cases

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have continued to rise in King County, with Public Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin offering some context behind the numbers this week.

How new ‘mini wave’ of COVID cases in King County is different from past surges

For the seven-day period ending on April 9, cases have increased by 39% countywide, while hospitalizations have risen 9% over that same period. But as Dr. Duchin points out, that increase has been slower than what we saw in the early days of the omicron variant, with totals still “much lower than the peak we saw in January.”

“At the peak of the Omicron surge, an average of

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