SPOKANE, Washington. If current trends continue, Spokane County will be threatened to move back to Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan.
The country takes on average about 119 cases per day and about 273 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over two weeks. The standard required by the state calls for less than 200 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants per 14 days.
Spokane County is also above the threshold for hospitalizations. The local hospital measure is 5.2 hospitalizations per 100,000 inhabitants during a week, when the state says it should be less than five.
If these numbers do not fall, Spokane Province could be in danger of moving back one phase during the next state evaluation. Governor Jay Inslee unleashed the requirements the provinces needed to stay in phase 3 before the previous evaluation. To move down a phase, provinces must fail both criteria for case studies and hospitalizations, whereas provinces would have previously withdrawn if they had only passed one. The mitigating guidelines prevented Spokane County from moving to Phase 2, but now the province meets both requirements.
At a meeting Tuesday morning, Spokane Regional Health District officials said people ages 10-39 were causing the problems. People in this era are responsible for 61 percent of the new cases.
Health authorities have reiterated the importance of vaccination, as it helps protect people against the virus and reduces transmission, which can lead to additional variants. Every Washingtonian 16 and older is now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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