Washington state reports 156 new COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 156 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths.
The statewide totals are now at 13,842 cases and 786 deaths, up from 13,686 cases 765 deaths on Monday.
Washington state has now conducted 182,515 test with 7.6% coming back positive. Of the total confirmed cases, 5.7% have resulted in death
King County remains the hardest hit with 6,001 cases and 429 deaths. Snohomish County has 2,365 cases and 108 deaths while Pierce County has 1,293 cases and 48 deaths, according to DOH.
Garfield County remains the only county without a confirmed case. There are 79 cases that haven’t been assigned a county.
Preliminary data on total hospitalizations for COVID-19 confirmed cases are available here. The data represent cumulative counts for hospitalizations and are presented by admission date, date of illness onset, age, sex and race/ethnicity.
To date, 78% of acute care hospitals have reported retrospective hospitalizations that occurred since January. Several hospitals that have not reported include larger hospital systems. Hospitalizations are being identified prospectively at 84% of acute care hospitals. With the exception of two hospitals, these hospitals are smaller facilities.
Hospitals have reported 7,557 hospitalizations (76.7% of cases). Of the total confirmed cases, 2,300 (23.3%) haven’t been hospitalized while 3,829 (28%) are unknown.
Downloadable data are now available again here and updated weekly on Sundays. Data have been adjusted and are no longer presented by day. Data are now presented for cases and deaths by week by county and age.
This story was originally published April 28, 2020 at 4:55 PM.
