COVID cases dropping, immunity rising, but WA state's hospitals still face hard season
Oct. 22—Vaccines and the swarm of Delta cases that overwhelmed the state's hospitals this summer have created some level of COVID-19 immune response among an estimated 61.5 percent to 65.7 percent of Washington state's population.
That's according to the latest Department of Health COVID-19 Situation Report released Oct. 20.
That level still isn't likely to ease demand on hospitals through the end of the year.
Hospitals are set to remain strained with people seeking immediate care or care that had been delayed post-Delta, according to models also included in the report. Along with that, there's a continued hospital worker shortage — a mix of people quitting/retiring from pandemic burnout, moving on to traveling nurse jobs, and those departing or let go over COVID vaccine mandates.
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