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Seattle-area hospitals facing mild summer COVID surge

Seattle-area hospitals facing mild summer COVID surge
health8/25/2025

As we shift to more time indoors, it's a reminder to take more precautions against COVID: Wear a mask in crowds, boost indoor ventilation and get vaccinated.

Seattle-area hospitals and emergency departments are again facing a summer surge of COVID-19. In King County, recent rates of ER visits, positive tests, hospitalizations and some wastewater data all point to the same conclusion, one that reminds us t... [4971 chars]