Washington state reports 651 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health on Sunday reported 651 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths.
Statewide totals have reached 35,898 cases and 1,359 deaths, up from 35,247 cases and 1,354 deaths on Saturday.
King County continues to to be the hardest hit with 10,941 cases and 620 deaths. Yakima County has 7,489 cases and 160 deaths, while Snohomish County has 3,696 cases and 175 deaths. Pierce County reported 52 new cases and no deaths on Sunday, bringing its totals to 2,803 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 140 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 4,482 on Friday.
There have been 612,706 tests conducted in the state with 5.9% 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 5, 2020 at 5:41 PM.
