Washington reports more than 11,800 COVID-19 cases, 624 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health reported 357 new COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths Saturday.
Statewide case totals have reached 11,802, while the state’s death toll is now at 624, up from 11,445 cases and 603 deaths Friday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit, and is the first county in the state to pass 5,000 cases, reporting 5,024 with 339 deaths, while Snohomish County has 2,060 cases and 93 deaths and Pierce County has 1,143 cases and 29 deaths.
Of the state’s 39 counties, all but Garfield County have reported cases, with Benton (304), Clark (264), Franklin (177), Grant (137), Island (157), King (5,024), Kitsap (136), Pierce (1,143), Skagit (230), Snohomish (2,060), Spokane (298), Whatcom (273) and Yakima (748) all reporting more than 100 cases.
Nineteen counties have reported at least one virus-related death. All but four of those counties have reported multiple deaths, with Benton (34), Clark (15), King (339), Pierce (29), Snohomish (93), Spokane (15), Whatcom (26) and Yakima (35) all reporting more than 10.
There are 436 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There have been 135,706 people tested in Washington, with positive cases at 8.7%.
