Latest county COVID update shows us remaining steady, with no new cases

||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |||

Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. As indicated on that page, these numbers are only updated after case confirmation is complete, usually daily. It is possible that other information sources in community may be quicker to report on new cases, but ensuring privacy and accuracy is critical for this official information source.

Since the last update on Friday March 5, total cases in San Juan County have remained steady at 129. Note that there are zero close contacts of a positive case currently in active quarantine.

ORCAS ISLAND
There are no new cases on Orcas Island since the last update.
There are no positive cases under active monitoring on Orcas Island at this time.

LOPEZ ISLAND
There are no new cases on Lopez Island.
There are no positive cases on Lopez Island at this time.

SAN JUAN ISLAND
There are no new cases on San Juan Island.
There are no positive cases under active monitoring on San Juan Island at this time.

OVERALL PICTURE
Sun is out, cases are as low as they have been in months, vaccination rates are increasing, schools are reopening, daffodils are blooming. There is a lot to be thankful for. With luck the good news on the COVID front keeps coming. However, at the risk of catastrophizing on this nice spring day, we should all prepare ourselves for one more COVID curveball. Not that it will definitely happen, and certainly not that we want it to happen, but there could be a fourth wave of cases this spring. No need for panic or reversing current steps forward, but we all need to recognize that there might be a moment where we need to move backwards. Hopefully not, but if so, as always, it is patience and empathy that will get us through.

Fingers crossed.