Coronavirus

Coronavirus

Coronavirus

Extended coverage of the outbreak of a new coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2; the illness it causes, COVID-19; and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world.

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Key resources and information

Resources

How to properly wear a face mask to slow the spread of coronavirus

Mapping a pandemic

Track the spread of coronavirus across Washington and the world

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Health

Charts, mask how-tos and more resources to help you understand the pandemic and get through it safely

(Design by Frank Mina / The Seattle Times)
Lives Remembered

The stories of people we have lost to COVID-19

Martin Fischer developed a simple, low-cost technique to visualize the effect of face masks on droplet emissions during normal wear. MUST CREDIT: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health

Scientists tested 14 face coverings. See which is worse than no mask at all.

Students with backpacks heading to school in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. As Germany’s 16 states start sending millions of children back to school in the middle of the global coronavirus pandemic, those used to the country’s famous “Ordnung” are instead looking at uncertainty, with a hodgepodge of regional regulations that officials acknowledge may or may not work. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) MSC102 MSC102

As schools reopen, much remains unknown about risk to kids and peril they pose to others

Brenda Medero, a medical assistant supervisor, reaches inside a car to give a COVID-19 test to the driver at Sea Mar Community Health Center located at 31405 18th Ave. S. in Federal Way Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The testing site, where both walk-in and drive-though testing happens, is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 4:00 p.m. For an appointment, call 253-681-6600. COVID has hit south King County harder than the rest of the region. Approximately 15% of the people test positive. 214626

COVID-19 positivity rates drop in King County, but hot spots to south still burn brightly

The main inside walkway at the Pike Place Market past produce stands and other vendors is crowded with visitors and shoppers. It’s not as crowded as it would be during peak summer season because of the pandemic, but a significant increase from March. Thursday, July 16,2020 214520 214520

Washington is at a turning point: Will new restrictions slow coronavirus, or could we become Florida?  VIEW

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