Here are the latest COVID-19 case numbers confirmed Thursday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 1,117 new cases of COVID-19 and 30 deaths from the disease Thursday.
Pierce County reported 150 cases Thursday and three new deaths. Pierce County has a total of 460 deaths likely caused by COVID-19, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 337,653 cases and 4,942 deaths. Those numbers are up from 336,356 cases and 4,912 deaths Wednesday. The case total includes 18,155 cases listed as probable. DOH revises previous case and death counts daily.
Washington’s population is estimated at about 7.6 million, according to U.S. Census figures from July 2019.
Hospitalizations
As of Feb. 6, the date with the most recent complete data, 55 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were admitted to Washington state hospitals.
Preliminary reports indicate that average daily hospital admissions were downward trending to 48 in mid-February.
Out of the state’s total staffed intensive care unit beds (1,202) approximately 78.8% (947) were occupied by patients Tuesday. Of those staffed ICU beds, 12.6% (152) held suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington had a downward trending case rate of 10.8 per 100,000 people. Three states were lower.
The national rate for the same period was 20 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Jersey has the highest rate in the United States at 32.5. Hawaii is the lowest at 3.6.
Vaccine
According to CDC, 1.56 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Washington.
As of Thursday, more than 2.09 million doses had been delivered to the state.
Currently approved vaccines require two shots for maximum effectiveness.
Washington state is in phase 1B tier 1 of vaccinations. That phase adds anyone 65 and older and people 50 and older living in multigenerational households.
On the national level, 91.6 million doses have been distributed and 68.2 million shots of the approved vaccines have been given, according to CDC statistics. The population of the United States is approximately 328 million.
Testing
On Feb. 5, the most recent date with confirmed testing data, 13,152 specimens were collected statewide, with a downward trending 4.7% testing positive.
The average positive test rate for the seven days prior was 4.9%. More than 5.1 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.
County numbers
According to DOH data, King County continues to have the highest numbers in Washington, with 83,611 cases and 1,390 deaths. Pierce County is second in cases, with 37,827. Spokane County has the second-highest number of deaths, at 556.
All counties in Washington have cases. Only 12 of the state’s 39 counties have case counts of fewer than 1,000.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been more than 28.4 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 508,088 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Thursday evening, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.
More than 2.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 112 million.
This story was originally published February 25, 2021 at 6:07 PM.
