New: UW Medicine’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will move to a monitoring level of activation beginning July 1, 2022. While COVID-19 transmission rates remain high locally and continue to have an impact on our hospital census and staffing, EOC activities are stable and can be transitioned to normal operations. The EOC has also prepared plans for a full reactivation, if needed.
After 853 days of managing our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EOC thanks our faculty, staff, trainees and students for your dedicated and inspiring work to serve our patients and community during this unprecedented time in healthcare.
The EOC will no longer publish this weekly update. Please see below for other ways to stay informed.
EOC Level of Activation
June 28, 2022: The EOC is at a Low-Mid Level of Activation. COVID-19 patients represent 6.35% of hospital admissions. UW Medicine hospitals are caring for 75 patients with COVID-19. As of yesterday, 199 employees were on leave due to COVID-19 isolation.
UW Medicine COVID-19 Inpatients
Daily Capacity Data Report
The Daily Capacity Data Report shows the total occupancy and the number of COVID-19 patients at each hospital.
Employees Out of Office Due to COVID-19
This chart shows the number of employees on leave due to COVID-19 isolation and quarantine on representative days between December 28, 2021, and June 27, 2022. Current numbers are for isolation only due to policy changes ending home quarantine.
King County and Washington State Epidemiology
King County: Public Health – Seattle & King County is reporting 461,898 cases and 2,880 deaths as of June 27. The number of new cases over the last seven days is currently at 324 per 100,000 people.
Washington: The Department of Health reports 1,654,445 total cases and 13,199 deaths as of June 26.
EOC Priorities
Monitoring Level of Activation: Begins July 1, 2022
- The EOC will monitor UW Medicine’s ability to maintain normal operations based on information about COVID-19 community transmission rates, hospital admissions, staffing capacity, space availability, PPE supplies and other impacts on the health system.
- The EOC will continue to receive regular updates on UW Medicine’s COVID-19 testing, vaccine and therapeutics programs.
Stay Informed
In the Media:
- How nursing in WA is recovering from staff shortages and pandemic burnout, Allan Kinyua and Keetra Kartes, Nursing, The Seattle Times
- Lifting the fog: Applying the COVID-19 toolbox to future pandemics, Dr. Helen Chu, Infectious Diseases, The Seattle Times
- New coronavirus subvariants escape antibodies from vaccination and prior Omicron infection, studies suggest, Pavitra Roychoudhury, Lab Medicine, CNN
- COVID during pregnancy: Research remains inconclusive on whether COVID-19 in pregnant mothers can affect their fetuses, Dr. Benjamin J. al-Haddad, Neonatology, MassLive
UW Medicine COVID-19 Information:
- Dr. John Lynch COVID-19 Update: Scheduled for Thursdays every two weeks.
- Town Halls: Check your email for announcements (recordings available).
- Community Conversations: Check your email for dates and times (recordings available).
- EOC Situation Reports: Posted on the UW Medicine intranet (AMC login required).
- Leadership Messages and Employee Resources: Posted on The Huddle.
- Media Stories: Posted on UW Medicine Newsroom.
Sincerely,
UW Medicine Leadership
