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Yesterday, Governor Inslee announced the Puget Sound region, including King County, will be moving to Phase 2 effective Monday, Feb. 1 per his updated
Roadmap to Recovery. Tune into the full announcement video
here.
This change will allow for restaurants in King County to reopen indoor dining at 25% capacity through 11 p.m. Indoor fitness centers and live entertainment venues — including museums, bowling alleys and concert halls — can also reopen to 25% capacity. Bars that don’t serve food, however, must remain closed. In-store retail remains at 25% capacity for both Phases 1 & 2 with no clear steps announced for increased capacity.
The Puget Sound region must meet three of the four metrics below in order to remain in Phase 2 of the Governor's Healthy Washington plan:
- Decreasing trend in 14-day rate of new COVID-19 cases per 100K population
- Decreasing trend in 14-day rate of new COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100K population
- Average 7-day percent occupancy of ICU staffed beds less than 90%; and,
- 7-day percent positivity of COVID-19 tests less than 10%
The Department of Health (DOH) will now evaluate and update progress every two weeks instead of every week on the
online dashboard.
