An average of five Washington residents were still dying every day from COVID-19 as recently as late January, according to state health data. The nation is experiencing about 2,200 deaths per week due to the virus, according to Eric Chow of Public Health – Seattle & King County, citing figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And while the hospital system is no longer stressed like last winter and the winter before, Chow, who gave a news briefing Tuesday morning about COVID-19, said the pandemic is still being seen locally.
“Over the past week here in King County, someone was hospitalized for COVID-19 every three hours,” said
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