Washington passes 10,000 COVID-19 cases, is up to 491 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health reported 337 new COVID-19 cases and 16 additional deaths Saturday.
Statewide case totals have passed 10,000, and are at 10,224 with 491 deaths, up from 9,887 cases and 475 deaths Friday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit with 4,241 cases and 282 deaths, while Snohomish County has 1,798 cases and 68 deaths and Pierce County has 922 cases and 19 deaths.
Of the state’s 39 counties, all but Garfield County have reported cases, with Benton (246), Clark (217), Franklin (112), Grant (111), Island (154), King (4,241), Kitsap (129), Pierce (922), Skagit (173), Snohomish (1,798), Spokane (247), Whatcom (252) and Yakima (296) all reporting more than 100 cases.
Seventeen counties have reported at least one virus-related death.
There are 764 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
Nearly 88,000 people in Washington have been tested, with the positive cases at 8.6%. Testing data has been updated through April 3.
The DOH is now also able to report COVID-19 data on hospitalization and race and ethnicity, according to a release.
“DOH is committed to promoting equity and social justice and is pleased to now have these data available for our collective understanding of the impacts to Washingtonians,” Secretary of Health John Wiesman said in the release.
“Based on the available data at this time, it does not appear we have the same stark inequities in deaths experienced in other parts of the country. However, we are still working to get race and ethnicity data for a third of the deaths, so we can’t draw firm conclusions quite yet.”
This story was originally published April 11, 2020 at 4:57 PM.
