Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Wednesday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 1,487 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and three deaths since Monday.
As of Wednesday, statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 796,369 cases and 9,635 deaths. The case total includes 96,736 infections listed as probable. Death data is considered complete only through Nov. 28. 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 Dec. 3-9, 18.5 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 116 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 248 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to DOH, 62.2 percent of the total state population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
On the national level, 61.1 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, according to CDC statistics.
U.S. and world numbers
National and world data were not available Wednesday.
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.
