Washington state’s COVID-19 cases reach 4,310 with 189 deaths
This page includes coronavirus developments around Washington state for Saturday, March 28.
Washington state’s COVID-19 case totals reached 4,310 on Saturday with 189 reported deaths, up from 3,723 cases and 175 deaths as of Friday.
King County remains the hardest hit county with 2,077 positive cases (48% of the state’s total) and 136 deaths, while Snohomish County has 912 cases and 23 deaths and Pierce County has 282 cases and five deaths.
Of the state’s 39 counties, 34 have reported at least one case, 25 have reported five or more cases, and 18 double- or triple-digit cases. There are 160 cases in the state that have not been assigned to a county.
Twelve counties — including Benton (five), Chelan (one), Clark (six), Grant (one), Island (one), King (136), Pierce (five), Skagit (three), Snohomish (23), Spokane (two), Whatcom (four) and Yakima (two) — have reported at least one death.
There have been than 59,206 individuals tested in Washington since the outbreak began, and positive tests continue to hover around 7%.
Washington is the sixth state to eclipse 4,000 confirmed cases, and now ranks fifth nationwide in that category. The state’s total deaths related to the virus remain the second-most in the country, behind New York, which has the most cases (52,354) and deaths (728) in the U.S.
There are only 16 countries in the world as of Saturday that have reported more confirmed cases than Washington state has alone.
This story was originally published March 28, 2020 at 3:47 PM.
