Washington reports 408 new COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths Thursday
The Washington State Department of Health on Thursday reported 408 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths.
Pierce County reported 24 new cases and no new deaths Thursday. Pierce County had a total of 83 deaths likely caused by COVID-19 as of Thursday.
Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are at 27,192 cases and 1,245 deaths, up from 26,784 cases and 1,226 deaths on Wednesday.
Washington state has conducted 446,899 coronavirus tests, with 6.1 percent coming back positive. On Wednesday, the state listed having conducted 435,016 tests. Numbers were adjusted this week after a data error was discovered.
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.
The state said Wednesday that it mistakenly had been including negative antibody test results along with its negative PCR tests in its data since April 21. The state said the error had not affected policy decision making on county phased re-openings.
Nineteen people with confirmed COVID-19 cases were admitted to Washington state hospitals on June 10, the most recent date with complete data. March 23 saw 89 admittances, the highest number 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 3,959 on Thursday.
There have been more than 2.1 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 118,334 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 451,000 people have died from the disease worldwide.
King County continues to have the highest numbers in Washington, with 8,963 cases and 597 deaths. Snohomish County has the second highest number of deaths at 160. Yakima County has the second highest number of cases at 5,777.
Washington’s least populous county, Garfield, remains the only one without a case. Six other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
