OLYMPIA, Wash. — With flu season in full effect and the holidays just around the corner, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) launched a new respiratory immunization dashboard.

The DOH said the dashboard combines immunization data on flu, COVID-19 and RSV for adults and children. The dashboard also shows vaccine coverage by county and demographic, along with total doses given across the state.

According to the DOH, it has seen three straight years of decreasing vaccination rates for COVID-19 and flu. The DOH said it has seen 9.5% less flu vaccine doses and 24% less COVID-19 vaccine doses this year compared to last year.

According to the dashboard, as of this week, 14.9% of people in Spokane County have been vaccinated for the flu , while seven percent of the county has bee

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