SEATTLE – A public health official in King County is sounding the alarm after seeing a significant rise in COVID-19 cases over the last month.

“The disease is as severe as ever and the risk isn’t going away in the foreseeable future,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, public health officer for King County. “No one wanted this COVID-19 pandemic but we are stuck with it.”

This past week King County had over a thousand new cases, which is significant, according to Duchin, considering just a month ago the county saw about 280 new cases.

“People are doing too much too soon without taking the appropriate precautions,” he said.

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