Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Monday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 798 new COVID-19 cases Monday and 26 deaths since Friday.
The United States has recorded more than 50 million cases of the disease is about to pass the 800,000 mark for deaths.
As of Monday, statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 793,757 cases and 9,580 deaths. The case total includes 96,195 infections listed as probable. Death data is considered complete only through Nov. 26. 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 Nov. 28-Dec. 4, the most recent period with complete data, 18.4 percent of staffed intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Washington were occupied by COVID-19 patients.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington has had a downward trending case rate of 125 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 246 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to DOH, 62 percent of the total state population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
On the national level, 60.9 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, according to CDC statistics.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been more than 50 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 798,416 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest total number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.
More than 5.31 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 270 million.
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 2021.
This story was originally published December 13, 2021 at 4:08 PM.
