Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Wednesday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 1,609 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and 74 deaths since Monday.
As of Wednesday, statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 719,500 and 8,554 deaths. The case total includes 84,172 infections listed as probable. Death data is considered complete only through Oct. 9. DOH revises previous case and death counts daily.
Washington’s population is estimated at about 7.7 million, according to the latest U.S. Census figures.
Hospitalization
From Oct. 20 to Tuesday, 28 percent of occupied intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Washington were filled with COVID-19 patients. During that same period, 722 people with the illness were admitted to state hospitals.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington has had a case rate of 203 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 143 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to DOH , 60 percent of the total population have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
On the national level, 57.5 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated, according to CDC statistics.
Testing
On Sept. 15, DOH stopped updating testing statistics on its website because it was having difficulty processing an increase in data. The agency said the halt in updating will continue through Oct. 31.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been more than 45.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 741,175 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest total number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.
More than 4.97 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 244 million.
