In the week ending September 14, local indicators for COVID-19 remained at elevated levels, which have more or less remained steady since the end of June 2024. Local indicators for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remained very low.
1.8% of emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to COVID-19, fewer than 10 visits were attributable to either influenza or RSV. Kitsap sentinel reporting labs reported 76 positive COVID-19 tests (15.8% of specimens tested), 4 positive influenza tests (3 influenza A, 1 influenza B; 2.8% of specimens tested), and 0 positive RSV tests (0.0% of specimens tested).
On average, around 13.4 hospital beds at St. Michael Medical Center were in use per day for COVID-19 or influenza patients.
At Kitsap long-term care facilities, there have been four COVID-19 outbreaks reported in the past four reporting weeks, and no influenza outbreaks.