Washington state reports 278 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health reported 278 new cases of COVID-19 and seven deaths Saturday.
Statewide totals have reached 21,349 cases and 1,118 deaths, up from 21,071 cases and 1,111 deaths Friday.
King County remains the hardest hit with 7,993 cases and 567 deaths, while Yakima County has 3,458 cases and 95 deaths and Snohomish County has 2,956 cases and 148 deaths.
Pierce County reported 12 new cases Saturday, bringing its totals to 1,928 cases and 73 deaths.
Seventeen of the state’s 39 counties have reported more than 100 cases, and 11 counties have reported at least 10 virus-related deaths.
Garfield, the state’s least populous county, remains the only county without a reported case. Seven other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
There are 61 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 26 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on May 22, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 3,480 on Saturday.
There have been 354,354 tests conducted in the state with 6% 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.
This story was originally published May 30, 2020 at 3:56 PM with the headline "Washington state reports 278 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths."
