Wear a mask, get the shot: How to navigate summer Covid spike in King County Eilís O'Neill August 21, 2025 / 2:55 pm

Covid is at its highest point in a year in King County, with nearly twice the normal number of people visiting the ER every week for Covid-related symptoms or complications. It’s part of a nationwide Covid wave.

Most of the country saw a sharp spike last winter, but King County did not, so this is the biggest outbreak here in a long time.

“Historically, we’ll always think about respiratory illness season as the fall and winter,” said Dr. Eric Chow, chief epidemiologist at King County’s public health agency. “But Covid, with this increase during the summer for several years now — I really want people to make sure they aren’t caught off guard by this.”

“Even if you

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