Here's what you can and can't do under Washington's new coronavirus restrictions
Washington is putting into effect its most sweeping set of restrictions since the coronavirus pandemic first hit in March.
After months of counties easing restrictions, businesses reopening and people adapting to the new orders, the state once again had to take a step back in an effort to curb the rapid and worrying spread of the coronavirus.
Confirmed cases of the virus have been rising across the state since September. Over the past two weeks, transmission of the virus has become even more rapid. Hospitalizations are up, too. If that trend continues, it has the potential to strain the state's hospital systems, something health officials are desperately hoping to avoid.
Early last week, public health officials made a last dire plea to residents: take action now to stop the spread of the virus. But the plea came with a warning, that if people didn't do enough, the state would have to put restrictions back into place. It was something health officials said, at the time, they wanted to avoid.
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