Coronavirus in Kitsap: Meal delivery programs wind down after a year of helping restaurants, frontline workers
Editor s note: On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared that the spread of COVID-19 had become a pandemic. The Kitsap Sun is marking that anniversary with a series of stories looking at how people have been affected a year later.
2020 was shaping up to be the best year yet for Anna Gordon and Crescent Moon Catering.
The Port Orchard catering business had 10 events per week scheduled for the summer months. Gordon, Crescent Moon’s owner and executive chef, expected the company to grow significantly.
“We were locked and loaded for the year,” Gordon said.
Abbie Shull: Deaths reported at Pierce County veterans home amid COVID-19 outbreak
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/6/2021 Abbie Shull, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 6 Two residents of the Washington Soldiers Home in Orting died from COVID-19 on Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs.
Both residents tested positive for COVID-19 during routine weekly testing in December.
The Soldiers Home previously announced an outbreak of the virus began around Dec. 3, and at least six residents were hospitalized.
On Monday, the WSDVA announced four residents and three staff members at the Orting facility had tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of cases there to 37 residents and 20 staff members.