Recent models indicate COVID-19 transmission is increasing in the state, state health officials said Thursday, prompting pleas to younger adults to continue to follow safety measures like wearing masks and distancing.
Young adults ages 20 to 39 are driving increasing case counts, State Secretary of Health Umair Shah said, and they are the least vaccinated group to date.
That could change in the coming weeks as more and more young adults who work in restaurants, congregate settings or who have underlying health conditions are now eligible to be vaccinated, however.
Shah said case counts are increasing again in the Puget Sound, and data locally in Spokane show that the
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