Klickitat & Skamania Counties Go To Phase 2 Monday

Klickitat and Skamania counties will be among 26 in Washington that will move into Phase 2 of the state’s economic reopening plan on Monday, as five new regions meet the requirements necessary to join two others that have already seen a loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, including limited indoor dining.  Governor Jay Inslee made the announcement on Thursday.  In the second phase, restaurants can offer indoor dining at 25% capacity, and indoor fitness center can open with the same limit.  Sports competitions can resume with limited spectators, and wedding and funeral ceremonies can increase their number of guests.  Last month, Inslee announced that regions had to meet three of four metrics in order to advance: a 10% decreasing trend in case rates over a two-week period; a 10% decrease in coronavirus hospital admission rates in that same timeframe; an ICU occupancy rate that’s less than 90%; and a test positivity rate of less than 10%.  Only the South Central region of the state — including Kittitas, Yakima, Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla and Columbia counties — will remain in Phase 1 for at least another two weeks.

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