County likely to return to Phase 2

Skagit County will likely be moved back to Phase 2 of the State’s Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan for Washington’s public and economic health by Gov. Jay Inslee May 3. The county is failing both critical metrics, with at least 209 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people the last two weeks, based on state Department of Health data. It has 22 new hospitalization from Apr. 13-26. That is more than double the hospitalization metric of five per seven days.

Large counties failing both metrics, over 200 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people the last two weeks and more than five new hospitaliza...