Washington state reports adjusted COVID-cases and deaths Tuesday
After reporting errors caused the Washington state Department of Health to retract data on Monday, the agency reported new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths on Tuesday.
Statewide totals Tuesday evening from the illness caused by the coronavirus are at 83,193 cases and 2,070 deaths. Cases stood at 82,548 on Sunday and deaths were at 2,037. Those were the last confirmed numbers before Monday’s data reporting errors.
On Tuesday, the U.S. death toll passed the 200,000 mark — a number roughly equivalent to the population of Salt Lake City.
Pierce County reported 43 cases Tuesday and two new deaths. Pierce County has a total of 166 deaths likely caused by COVID-19 as of Tuesday, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Nineteen people with confirmed COVID-19 cases were admitted to Washington state hospitals on Sep. 3, the most recent date with complete data. Late March had two days with 88 people admitted, the highest numbers to date during the pandemic.
On Sept. 11, the most recent date with complete data, 12,656 specimens were collected statewide, with 3.3% testing positive. The average positive test rate for the seven days prior was 3.1%. More than 1.74 million tests have been conducted in Washington.
The test numbers reflect only polymerase chain reaction tests, which are administered while the virus is presumably still active in the body.
King County continues to have the highest numbers in Washington, with 21,559 cases and 757 deaths. Yakima County is second, with 11,301 cases and 257 deaths. Pierce is third with cases at 7,655.
All counties in Washington have cases. Eleven counties have case counts of fewer than 100.
On Tuesday, Washington had a 1,099-per-100,000-people case rate. The national rate is 2,063, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Louisiana has the highest rate in the United States at 3,487. Vermont is lowest at 275.
There had been more than 6.8 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 200,724 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Tuesday evening, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The United States has the highest number of reported cases and deaths of any nation. More than 968,000 people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 31 million.
