Washington state reports 146 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths Thursday
The Washington State Department of Health on Thursday reported 146 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths.
Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are at 19,117 cases and 1,044 deaths, up from 18,971 cases and 1,037 deaths on Wednesday.
Pierce County reported four new cases and one new death Thursday.
King County continues to have the highest numbers, with 7,630 cases and 539 deaths. Snohomish County has 2,846 cases and 133 deaths.
Washington’s least populous county, Garfield, remains the only one in the state without a case. Seven other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
Washington state has conducted 302,927 coronavirus tests, with 6 percent coming back positive. The test numbers reflect only polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which are given to patients while the virus is presumably still active in the body.
There have been more than 1.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 94,591 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Thursday night, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 331,000 people have died from the disease worldwide.
