Gov. Inslee extends ban on evictions for one month as Washington counties struggle with COVID relief
Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday he will extend the temporary ban on evictions by one month in an effort to help Washington counties distribute COVID-19 rent relief. The moratorium on evictions has been extended and tweaked for much of the pandemic, with the current one set to expire Sept. 30. It will now expire at the end of the day on Oct. 31, according to Inslee’s office. The extension comes as King County has lagged in handing out federal pandemic assistance intended to help renters and landlords alike. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
COVID-19 deaths rising in Washington as hospitalizations hit all-time high
Washington’s COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations are still on the rise, and now the death rate is starting to follow, according to a situation report from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). The current surge of COVID-19 patients is still overwhelming Washington hospitals, and because of the increased transmission rate, the future of the state’s healthcare system is uncertain, according to Dr. Scott Lindquist, Washington’s state epidemiologist. Continue reading at KING 5.
‘People are running on fumes:’ Washington faces nursing shortage among record-high COVID hospitalizations
Intensive Care Units around Washington state are fuller with COVID-19 patients than ever before. “I think everyone is feeling the high stress and the devastation, it is palpable within the hospital,” says RN Chelsey Roos, who works in the ICU at St. Joe’s in Tacoma. Roos, says she and other nurses never thought it would get this much worse, especially with a vaccine available. Continue reading at Q13 FOX.
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