Gov. Inslee announces county-by-county plan as stay-at-home order expires Sunday

Gov. Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy order officially ends on Sunday, May 31. As the state moves away from a full lockdown, each county will be required to comply with the guidelines as outlined in their respective phase.

The governor said Friday that the state will move through the phased reopening on a county-by-county basis. On June 1, each county will start in their current phase and be able to apply to move between phases. Inslee said this approach will allow for more flexibility.

Any county will be able to apply to the Secretary of Health to move on to the next phase. The Secretary of Health will evaluate applications based on how their data compare to these targets and the county’s ability to respond to things like new outbreaks, increased deaths, and health system capacity.

The targets are not hard line measures, Inslee explained. The final decision on whether the county can move on to the next phase lies with the Secretary of Health. The secretary will also be able to approve certain activities in the next phase if the whole county isn’t ready to move forward.

Targets include:

COVID-19 Activity:

Incidence of new cases reported during prior two weeks have to be fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 people. That’s changed since the May 19 guidelines of only 10 cases per 100,000 people.
A flat or decreasing number of hospitalizations for lab-confirmed COVID-19.
Reproductive rate of below 1.

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