Here are the latest COVID-19 case numbers confirmed Monday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 640 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and eight deaths since Friday.
Pierce County reported 110 cases Monday and two new deaths. Pierce County has a total of 506 deaths likely caused by COVID-19, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 362,385 cases and 5,226 deaths. Those numbers are up from 361,745 cases on Sunday and 5,218 deaths Friday. The case total includes 22,624 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 March 10, the date with the most recent complete data, 37 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were admitted to Washington state hospitals.
Preliminary reports indicate average daily hospital admissions were slightly moving up at 38 in mid-March.
Out of the state’s total staffed intensive care unit beds (1,234) approximately 76.3% (984) were occupied by patients Thursday. Of those staffed ICU beds, 7.4% (91) held suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington has had an increasing case rate of 82.6 per 100,000 people. Fifiteen states were lower.
The national rate for the same period was 130 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Jersey has the highest rate in the United States at 346. Arkansas is the lowest at 42.2.
Vaccine
According to the CDC, 3.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Washington.
Washington state is in phase 1B tier 2 of vaccinations.
On the national level, 180 million doses have been distributed and 145 million shots of the approved vaccines have been given, according to CDC statistics.
As of Monday, 20.4% of the adult U.S. population has been fully vaccinated.
Testing
On March 10, the most recent date with confirmed testing data, 19,691 specimens were collected statewide, with 3.1% testing positive.
The average positive test rate for the seven days prior was a stable 3.3%. More than 5.8 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 90,125 cases and 1,461 deaths. Pierce County is second in cases, with 42,192. Pierce County has the second-highest number of deaths, at 605, according to DOH, which counts deaths differently than the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
All counties in Washington have at least 100 cases. Only 11 of the state’s 39 counties have case counts of fewer than 1,000.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been more than 30.3 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 549,892 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.
More than 2.79 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 127 million.
This story was originally published March 29, 2021 at 6:17 PM.
