March 20, 2020
Life is different in the Puget Sound region (click here) as most people — by choice or by order — practice “social distancing” to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the new type of coronavirus that causes a disease called COVID-19. Public gatherings are restricted, and places of entertainment and recreation are closed statewide.
I thought this was really interesting.
SARS-CoV-2 (The virus)
COVID-10 (The illness)
This is the virus and illness. If one can reflect on the HIV/AIDS virus and illness this is the same thing. HIV is human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The people of Washington State like to look at statistics in the reflection of the virus (the contagion) and the illness.
Although many patients with symptoms have struggled to access testing, Washington is gaining the capacity to test more people for the virus, and more COVID-19 diagnoses are made each day. The state Department of Health announced 136 newly confirmed cases Friday, bringing the state total to 1,512 cases, including 81 deaths. The bulk of cases remain in King County, which has seen 793 people fall ill and 67 of them die, according to the county’s public health department.
Throughout today, on this page, we’ll be posting Seattle Times journalists’ updates on the outbreak and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world. Updates from Thursday can be found here, and all our coronavirus coverage can be found here....
