Washington reports 521 new COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths Wednesday
The Washington State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 521 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths.
Pierce County reported 48 new cases and one new death Wednesday. Pierce County had a total of 92 deaths likely caused by COVID-19 as of Wednesday.
Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are at 37,941 cases and 1,394 deaths, up from 37,420 cases and 1,384 deaths on Tuesday.
Forty-two people with confirmed COVID-19 cases were admitted to Washington state hospitals on June 30, the most recent date with complete data. It’s the highest number since 43 people were admitted on April 29. March 23 saw 89 admittances, the highest number to date during the pandemic.
Washington state has conducted 645,072 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.
King County continues to have the highest numbers in Washington, with 11,284 cases and 628 deaths. Snohomish County has the second highest number of deaths at 178. Yakima County has the second highest number of cases at 7,753 and the third highest number of deaths at 174.
Washington’s least populous county, Garfield, remains the only one without a case. Five other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
There have been more than 3 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 132,195 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 547,000 people have died from the disease worldwide.
