See below for today's COVID-19 information. Please forward as widely as you would like.
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The City's COVID page is a good one-stop shop for information.

The Governor has a press conference at 5pm today, and it sounds like it might have more information about reopening. Watch live here.

Our second group of Mukilteans of the Day are Katelynn, Olivia and Brandon! Not too long ago, they started hearing a howling sound in their neighborhood every night at 8pm, like clockwork. Katelynn, Olivia and Brandon thought it was funny and the three of them decided to howl back! It’s now turned into a nightly event they all look forward to. It only lasts a minute or so but the other neighbors howl and even cheer back. As their mom said, "It sounds silly but it’s making a tough situation a little easier and a little lighter. The kids are building a sense of community in our little area of Goat Trail Loop Rd. Every time I hear it I am reminded, “even if it feels that way right now, I’m not alone. We are all in this together.”"

Be like Katelynn, Olivia and Brandon, and find connections with your neighbors and create a new community feel!

Do you know of someone who deserves to be the Mukiltean of the Day? Nominate them!

Electroimpact has a great one minute video showing their process of creating face shields and ear guards for healthcare workers. Show your kids to see what machining, 3D printing, engineering can look like!

The Seattle PI has an article about a new study using data from the Kirkland-based traffic monitoring organization INRIX which reported that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, traffic in Seattle dropped 53%, the third largest drop of any major metropolitan area in the country.

Tune to PBS tonight, Tuesday April 21st, at 9pm Pacific to see Providence featured in “FRONTLINE: Coronavirus Pandemic.” Here's the trailer(and future online link for viewing).
In a special report, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of how COVID-19 impacted Washington State and then the rest of the country. Providence caregivers, including Drs. George Diaz, Ryan Keay, and Amy Compton-Phillips, share their accounts from ground zero of the pandemic. Again, the documentary premieres on Tuesday, April 21 at 9pm on KCTS for those who live in Western Washington. For outside the area, check your local listings. Be sure to watch and be proud of your hospital!

Facebook has a small business grant available in King County and some other areas (other states and 30 countries, too). Mukilteo's 98275 isn't eligible, but the list is long and this audience is bigger than Mukilteo! You can check zip codes that are eligible at this link.

University of Washington has a COVID-19 Emergency Student Support Funds to provide unrestricted resources to any undergraduate or graduate student experiencing financial hardship as a result of this global pandemic. If you are in a position to do so, you can donate here: UW Seattle students and/or UW Bothell students.

Microsoft shared lessons learned about their return to work in China:

Looking for activities to pass the time? Build a time capsule. Work together as family to create a time capsule to open 10 years from now. A plastic tub of any size will work along with some duct tape to wrap around it to keep it “sealed” until the date you pick 10 years in the future. You can hide this in your house if you don’t want to bury it. You can have kids add drawings, stories, print outs of emails from teachers and friends, hard copy newspapers if you get them, etc. Focusing on creating a time capsule together can be fun but is also a subtle way to reinforce the idea that things will get better and this will be an important time to look back on.

Reflecting daily on what you are grateful for can help people to sleep 31 minutes longer per night (here's the research behind that!).

All parks are closed except for 76th Street/Community Garden entrance to Japanese Gulch for trail access. If you want to access Big Gulch, I would encourage you to park at the library, rather than on the street near 92nd Street Park.

Trails and sidewalks continue to be open for your physical activity! Please respect physical distance of six feet.

All City Facilities closure: City operations will continue via primarily phone, email and online. The public is encouraged to call (425) 263-8000 for assistance with City services or visit our website at www.mukilteowa.gov.

Remember the non-emergency number at (425) 407-3999 or email cv19violations@mukilteowa.gov. If you have an emergency, call 911. (But don't call with questions about the Governor's order and what's open or not). You can also report violations or questions about violations to the State via this link.

For more information on city facilities, see this link.

Current case count is 51 confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases identified in Mukilteo, with no deaths amongst those cases. County case counts are available at this link, updated each weekday at 2pm.

If our ratio of recovery is the same as the County, approximately 33 of those cases should be recovered.

City of Mukilteo COVID-19 page

Snohomish Health District
Washington State Department of Health
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
COVID-19 Testing Guidelines from Public Health – Seattle & King County
Find information in other languages
Washington State COVID-19 Response

What to do if you are sick: CDC Resources

Watch out for COVID related scams. If you are unsure about whether something is real or a scam, the Justice Department created a central fraud hotline (1-866-720-5721 or disaster@leo.gov). You can also call the non-emergency line at 425-407-3999.