Washington state reports 549 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health reported 549 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths Saturday.
Statewide totals have reached 31,404 cases and 1,310 deaths, up from 30,855 cases and 1,304 deaths Friday.
King County continues to report the state’s highest counts for cases (9,809) and deaths (610), while Yakima County has 6,828 cases and 152 deaths and Snohomish County has 3,431 cases and 168 deaths.
Pierce County reported 55 new cases Saturday, bringing its totals to 2,466 cases and 87 deaths.
Twenty 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. Six other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
There are 53 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 23 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on June 19, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 4,240 on Saturday.
There have been 525,802 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 June 27, 2020 at 7:04 PM.
