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Washington made the first announcement of a death from the disease in the U.S. on February 29 and later announced that two deaths there on February 26 were also due to COVID-19. Until mid-March, Washington had the highest absolute number of confirmed cases and the highest number per capita of any state in the country, [1] until it was surpassed ...
Jul. 24—Three and a half years after COVID emerged, the state of Washington recently sent more than $3 million to dozens of Spokane businesses hurt by the pandemic , the Department of Commerce ...
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.
Sep. 13—After forming its board of directors, hiring a CEO and hosting a dinner event for about 700 guests, next up for the Spokane Business Association is solving Spokane's most prominent issues.
Jul. 19—People of color own about 8% of businesses in Spokane county despite making up about 16% of the population, according to the Spokane Trends community indicators website. Spokane ...
In September 2020, it was reported that political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tried repeatedly to change, delay, or remove reports about COVID-19 from the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) if they undermined Trump's claims that the outbreak was under control. [141]
Covid Act Now (CAN) is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides local-level disease intelligence and data analysis on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, via a website and an API. CAN assists partners ranging from local county health departments to multinational corporations in developing COVID response plans.