Inslee warns of fourth Covid surge in Washington as variants spread, urges people to get vaccinated
Washington is continuing to see what looks like a fourth surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The spread of new variants and the opening of more activities, combined with the fact that a significant portion of the state is not yet fully vaccinated, is creating a situation that is allowing the virus to spread more quickly.
"This is the beginning of a fourth wave and we are starting unfortunately at a higher level than the other waves have started from," Gov. Jay Inslee said during a news conference Thursday. "We know that we're not as high as we have been in the third wave ... but we're heading in that direction and that is simply too dangerous to persist."
According to the most recent complete data from the Department of Health, the state has been seeing an average of more than 1,200 new cases per day over the previous seven days, up significantly from mid-March, when Washington was reporting fewer than 700 new cases per day.
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