In the past month, King County hospitals have seen a 700 percent increase in the average number of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations, straining hospital resources and staff, according to a press release by Public Health — Seattle & King County.
As the highly transmissible Omicron variant rips through the region, hospitalizations in King County went from an average of 8 per day to 70, according to the press release. That and other factors, like staff shortages, have meant delaying most surgeries, said Cassie Sauer, president and CEO of the Washington State Hospital Association. ...