||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |||
Since the last update on Friday August 27, there have been sixteen new confirmed cases in San Juan County. Current total case count is now 266.
Of these sixteen new cases, initial investigations indicate that five appear to have occurred in fully vaccinated individuals. San Juan County numbers continue to confirm that vaccinated individuals are less likely to become infected than those who are vaccinated (remember, the vast majority of island residents are vaccinated).
There are approximately eight unvaccinated close contacts of positive cases who are currently in two-week quarantine. Note that vaccinated close contacts do NOT need to quarantine and this number would be far higher if not for the high vaccination rate in San Juan County.
LOPEZ ISLAND: There are no new cases on Lopez Island since the last update. There is one positive case under active monitoring on Lopez Island.
ORCAS ISLAND: There are ten new cases on Orcas Island since the last update. There are eleven positive cases under active monitoring on Orcas Island.
SAN JUAN ISLAND: There are six new cases on San Juan Island since the last update. There are six positive cases under active monitoring on San Juan Island.
SHAW ISLAND: There are no new cases on Shaw Island since the last update. There are no positive cases under active monitoring on Shaw Island.
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Please give us, the public a bit more detail about the new cases so we can protect ourselves from this wily virus.
1. How does one determine it’s a “case?”
2. Were the new cases grouped in certain parts of the 2 islands (family contacts,) ; or connected with the work or volunteer site (and all of them are wearing masks); or “on the street”.??
Even though the Delta variant is more ‘viral”, we thought we have learned how to guard against it..mask, wash hands, not cough in your friend’s face, etc. So how som many new cases??