Washington state reports 145 new COVID-19 cases, one death

The Washington State Department of Health on Sunday reported 145 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one additional death.

State totals are now at 18,433 cases and 1,001 deaths, up from 18,288 cases and 1,000 deaths on Saturday.

King County continues to be the hardest hit with 7,472 cases and 572 deaths. Snohomish County has 2,784 cases and 125 deaths while Yakima County has 2,253 cases and and 75 deaths. Pierce County reported 1,688 cases and 60 deaths.

Garfield County remains the only county in the state without a confirmed case. There are 101 cases that haven’t been assigned a county.

DOH is now reporting that 285,243 tests have been given with 6.5% coming back positive. Of those confirmed cases, 5.4% have resulted in death.

The latest dataset for cases and deaths by week of illness onset, county and age is available for download here. Data are updated weekly on Sundays.

Cumulative counts for hospitalizations — presented by admission date, date of illness onset, age, sex and race/ethnicity — are also available here.

This story was originally published May 17, 2020 at 4:37 PM with the headline "Washington state reports 145 new COVID-19 cases, one death."