Posted on 03/07/2020 8:08:54 PM PST by Mariner
SEATTLE — Two more deaths from coronavirus were reported Saturday, bringing the total to 17 in Washington state. So far, at least 104 have tested positive for COVID-19, health officials said.
The deaths come just a day after three people died at EvergreenHealth Medical Hospital, officials said. One earlier reported death occurred in a patient never hospitalized and the other was a death at Harborview last week that was later found to have been likely caused by COVID-19. In total, there are 28 confirmed cases of coronavirus at EvergreenHealth.
Of the 16 coronavirus deaths reported in King County, 14 are associated with Life Care Center In Kirkland. Eighteen residents have also tested positive for COVID-19, according to Tim Killian, public liaison for Life Care Center.
Killian went on to say that since February 19, Life Care Center reported 26 deaths. Since that date, 11 additional patients died at the facility. They generally have three to seven deaths a month, Killian said. Life Care Center is still waiting back for reports on post-mortem testing and whether 11 of those patients tested positive for coronavirus. They received 45 testing kits on Thursday.
As for staff coming and going day-by-day, KOMO News is told they’re following infection control protocol. “We’ve learned that the virus is volatile, unpredictable," Killian said. Patients have gone from showing no symptoms to being rushed to the hospital in an hour
Of the 120 residents at the facility, 54 were also transported to hospitals, Killian added. It's not clear that all 54 were transported for coronavirus or other medical reasons.
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Nasty cluster.
26 deaths since Feb 19th. Now they'll test some more bodies.
3 more nursing homes in the area now have cases
2 announced last night and one more this evening
Mortuaries are going to do well.
The Seattle Times
@seattletimes
NEW: A staff member at Aegis Living Marymoor, an assisted living and memory care facility in Redmond, has tested positive for COVID-19. Four Washington senior-care facilities have now had a resident or staff member test positive for coronavirus.
There will be more deaths due to stifled economic activity caused by scaredy-cat politicians than there will be by this disease by itself.
Nursing homes are the very last place you want to see this virus.
While we have seen some bad flu seasons, I have not been aware of infection rates or death tolls like this.
If anyone knows of such, please let the rest of us know.
Unfortunately, this is Seattle and King County. The wacko libs in the city council and county commission will use this “crisis” for all it’s worth.
The political class saved their hides, and that’s all that matters. Don’t even get me started on continuity of goverment procredures
Who in the US is at risk of dying from a stifled economy?
Do you predict starvation or...something?
26 of 120 dead.
54 of 120 hospitalized.
70 of 180 employees showing symptoms and not tested yet.
That’s a lot of wrecks for just one intersection.
21+ deaths from the regular flu in January in Washington state.
No - there is economic analysis that is done on safety regulations by governments all the time. The principle is that life expectancy tends to be be proportional to national GDP. Therefore a stifled economy leads to a higher death rate. There is a trade off between safety regulations and economic stifling that must be balanced.
Well I was talking about the state, not one intersection.
What deaths are caused by ‘stifled economic activity’?
“21+ deaths from the regular flu in January in Washington state.”
At least.
The flu is everywhere and everyone gets it every 3rd or 4th year.
But the concentration of death and hospitalization in this one facility is newsworthy, at least.
Pretty sure if they go back a month and retest they will find more. Hiding in the flu near-epidemic.
But this nursing home is at one intersection.
Canaries in the coal mine they are.
WOW!
“We’ve learned that the virus is volatile, unpredictable,” Killian said. Patients have gone from showing no symptoms to being rushed to the hospital in an hour
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