Seattle resident? 16 or older? Sign up for coronavirus vaccine appointment preregistration

Preregistration for the COVID-19 vaccine is open to all Seattle residents ages 16 and older, as the state gets ready to open up vaccine eligibility on April 15.

To sign up for notifications of vaccine appointments at one of the city's four community vaccination sites, applicants need only to fill out this form, meet the age requirement and live or work in King County. They also must not have received a COVID-19 vaccination yet.

While vaccines appointments are also available at pharmacies throughout the county, the city's sites are:

• Lumen Field Event Center, 330 South Royal Brougham Way, Seattle, 98134
• North Seattle College Community Vaccination Hub, 9600 College Way North, Seattle, 98103
• Rainier Beach Community Vaccination Hub, 8702 Seward Park Avenue South, Seattle, 98118
• West Seattle Community Vaccination Hub, 2801 SW Thistle Street, Seattle, 98126

Earlier this week, the mayor's office said in a news release that the city plans to administer 30,000 doses this week. At Lumen Field, 8,000 were planned for Wednesday. The other three sites had plans for 15,500 doses this week.

The mayor's office said there would be pop-up vaccine clinics at El Centro de la Raza and Idris Mosque as well.

Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee announced the state would open vaccine eligibility on April 15 to everyone aged 16 and over. A few days later, President Joe Biden moved his May 1 vaccine eligibility deadline to April 19.

"Governor Inslee's decision to open up vaccine eligibility will reduce confusion in our communities and help cities, hospitals, and health care providers across our state vaccinate more people as quickly as possible. Seattle is ready to significantly expand our vaccination efforts," Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a news release last week.

The ramped up rollout of vaccines is in a game of chicken with the rising cases in Washington over the past month. After the significant surge of cases and deaths from November through early February, the state experienced a lull. Now, health officials warn a fourth surge could be coming. As of April 5, Washington was back to an average daily case count of over 1,000. Deaths however, have continued to drop.

"Ultimately, we know people are still experiencing COVID fatigue, that we want to be out of this pandemic, but none of us want to see a fourth wave. Our behavior matters," Secretary of Health Umair Shah said during a news briefing Wednesday. "We're at a tipping point and everything we do matters."