Washington state COVID-19 cases now at 2,221 with 110 deaths
Washington state on Monday was up to 2,221 confirmed coronavirus cases with 110 deaths. The total number of cases increased by 225 from Sunday with 15 additional deaths.
King County continues to be the hardest hit with 1,170 cases reported as of Monday — a jump of 160 cases since Saturday — and 87 deaths. Snohomish County has the second-most cases in the state with 519 cases and 11 deaths. Pierce County has 126 cases and one death.
There are 117 cases on the Washington Department of Health website that have not been assigned a county.
Since the start of the outbreak, 33,933 people have been tested and 31,712 tests, or about 93 percent, have come back negative.
More than 370,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide. In the United States, there were more than 41,000 confirmed cases as of Monday afternoon, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Gov. Jay Inslee scheduled a televised speech for 5:30 p.m. Monday, three days after saying he would consider signing a stay-at-home order to ensure that people practice social distancing. The governor’s office said Inslee would “lay out enhanced strategies to mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak.”
This story was originally published March 23, 2020 at 3:19 PM.
