Washington state reports 14,637 COVID-19 cases, 824 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health reported 310 new COVID-19 cases and 10 additional deaths Friday.
Statewide case totals have reached 14,637, while the state’s death toll is now at 824, up from 14,327 cases and 814 deaths Thursday.
During a press conference Friday afternoon, Gov. Jay Inslee extended the state’s stay-at-home order — which was set to expire next week — through May 31.
He noted while the COVID-19 spread is slowing in the state, it remains unsafe to completely rescind the order and outlined a four-phase plan for how the state can reopen in the coming weeks.
“We have not won the fight against this virus,” Inslee said.
King County continues to be the hardest hit, reporting 6,274 cases and 452 deaths. Snohomish County has reached 2,453 cases and 109 deaths, and Pierce County is reporting 1,457 cases and 51 deaths.
Of the state’s 39 counties, all but Garfield County have reported cases, with Benton (461), Chelan (113), Clark (327), Franklin (309), Grant (163), Island (169), King (6,274), Kitsap (150), Pierce (1,457), Skagit (337), Snohomish (2,453), Spokane (367), Thurston (106), Whatcom (305) and Yakima (1,203) all reporting more than 100 cases.
Twenty-two counties have reported at least one virus-related death. All but five of those counties have reported multiple deaths, with Benton (41), Clark (19), Franklin (11), King (452), Pierce (51), Skagit (13), Snohomish (109), Spokane (22), Whatcom (28) and Yakima (47) all reporting more than 10.
There are 77 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There have been 198,724 tests completed in Washington, with positive results at 7.4%.
The DOH is now reporting downloadable data sets that break down cases and deaths by week, county and age. These data sets are updated each Sunday.
Preliminary data on total hospitalizations for confirmed cases — broken down by admission date, date of illness onset, age, sex and race and ethnicity — are also now available.
This story was originally published May 1, 2020 at 5:20 PM.
