Washington state reports 313 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths Tuesday
The Washington State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 313 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths.
Pierce County reported 12 new cases and two new deaths Tuesday. Pierce County had a total of 82 deaths likely caused by COVID-19 as of Tuesday.
Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are at 24,354 cases and 1,176 deaths, up from 24,041 cases and 1,161 deaths on Monday.
Twenty-one people with confirmed COVID-19 cases were admitted to Washington state hospitals on June 1, the most recent date with complete data. March 23 and 30 both saw 89 admittances, the highest numbers to date during the pandemic.
The total number of people who have been hospitalized in Washington state with a confirmed case of COVID-19 stood at 3,747 on Tuesday.
Washington state has conducted 415,054 coronavirus tests, with 5.9 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 1.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 111,751 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 408,000 people have died from the disease worldwide.
King County continues to have the highest numbers in Washington, with 8,529 cases and 580 deaths. Snohomish County has the second highest number of deaths at 155. Yakima County has the second highest number of cases at 4,834.
Washington’s least populous county, Garfield, remains the only one without a case. Six other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
This story was originally published June 9, 2020 at 5:38 PM.
