Washington state reports 469 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday
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The Washington State Department of Health on Saturday reported 469 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths.
Washington state reported the first confirmed coronavirus case in the United States in January.
Statewide totals have reached 35,247 COVID-19 cases and 1,354 fatalities, up from 34,778 cases and 1,352 deaths on Friday.
King County continues to have the most cases, 10,782 with 619 deaths. Yakima County has 7,396 cases and 160 deaths, while Snohomish County has 3,661 cases and 173 deaths. Pierce County reported 47 new cases and no deaths on Saturday, bringing its totals to 2,751 cases and 90 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 85 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 34 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on June 26, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 4,473 on Friday.
There have been 607,276 tests conducted in the state with 5.8% 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 July 4, 2020 at 4:29 PM.
