Washington passes 15K COVID-19 cases, has tested 207K
The Washington State Department of Health reported 366 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths Saturday.
Statewide case totals have reached 15,003, while the state’s death toll is now at 830, up from 14,637 cases and 824 deaths Friday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit, reporting 6,351 cases and 457 deaths. Snohomish County has reached 2,493 cases and 109 deaths, and Pierce County is reporting 1,484 cases and 52 deaths.
Of the state’s 39 counties, all but Garfield County have reported cases, with Benton (494), Chelan (114), Clark (328), Franklin (348), Grant (169), Island (169), King (6,351), Kitsap (150), Pierce (1,484), Skagit (345), Snohomish (2,493), Spokane (366), Thurston (111), Whatcom (312) and Yakima (1,272) 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 (43), Clark (19), Franklin (10), King (457), Pierce (52), Skagit (13), Snohomish (109), Spokane (22), Whatcom (28) and Yakima (47) all reporting at least 10.
There are 100 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There have been 207,315 tests completed in Washington, with positive results at 7.2%.
The DOH is also now reporting downloadable datasets that break down cases and deaths by week, county and age. These datasets 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 2, 2020 at 4:10 PM.
