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Just how careful should older people be? Here’s what geriatricians think is reasonable.

Pickett Pocket Park is a new city park at the 2100 block of Commercial Avenue (between Penguin Coffee & Jimmy Johns) built in honor of former City Councilmember Erica Pickett. It is nearly complete, but open for use.

While the Anacortes Museum facilities are closed indefinitely to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, many museum resources are available on their website.

A woman who was related to the cluster of COVID-19 cases in Skagit County that was reported last Saturday has become the first Skagit County resident to die of the coronavirus disease, according to Skagit County Public Health. The individual was a female in her 80s. 

Officers took a 14-year-old boy into custody after he flashed a weapon at a van driver on Commercial Ave.

Social Distancing Saves Lives: For City of Anacortes residents and business owners. Please stay home and limit interactions with others. Do your part to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

As the novel coronavirus snaked its way across the globe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early February distributed 200 test kits it had produced to more than 100 public health labs run by states and counties nationwide.

The numbers continue to climb as the county investigates a COVID-19 cluster and confirm a resident of Chandler's Square, an Anacortes retirement community tested positive. As of Sunday, 34 cases have been confirmed in Skagit County, and five people have been hospitalized. But, still no deaths here.

 A resident of the Chandler’s Square Retirement Community in Anacortes has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual is hospitalized at Island Hospital and is expected to be released to stay with a family member, where they will remain in isolation. One additional resident is hospitalized and being evaluated.

Skagit County reports a slight increase in the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total at 28, with four people having been hospitalized. Still no deaths reported here. This follows the report that the county is investigating a cluster of recently confirmed COVID-19 cases that has been traced to a group meeting of approximately 60 people in early March.