Only two new COVID cases on San Juan Island

The San Juan County Department of Emergency Management reports just two confirmed or probable new COVID cases on San Juan Island since March 18. Orcas Island had just one new case in the last week; Lopez Island had none. The three new cases bring the total case count to 1,265.

In their media release, the County discussed the Islands’ near-zero COVID case count:

Cases have finally dwindled in the islands, and the ongoing surge on San Juan Island seems to have finally wrapped up. This is identical to the dramatic drop off that has been seen in most other jurisdictions over the last month; San Juan Island was just slow to get there.

Public Health experts are expecting another surge of cases beginning in maybe two or more weeks from now, but hopefully the surge will be far less than what was seen over the last few months, and hopefully there will not be any need for returning to requirements around masking or social distancing.

Those who are high risk or who are interacting closely with those who are high risk should continue to be thoughtful and work to minimize exposure, especially if case counts begin rising again.

Next week will be the final written weekly update for cases. Those who wish to keep up with case numbers may do so at the San Juan County COVID Data Dashboard. The Health Department will certainly release future written updates if the situation changes dramatically and there is critical information that needs to be shared with the community.

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