Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Wednesday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 1,215 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.
As of Wednesday, the state’s preliminary death tally was 12,273. That number is unchanged since Saturday. The confirmed death tally as of Feb. 27 was 12,134.
The statewide case total from the illness caused by the coronavirus stood at 1,442,947 cases on Wednesday. The state reported 1,157 cases on Tuesday.
The state frequently revises preliminary data until it’s considered confirmed, sometimes lagging up to a month. It releases new data to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Washington’s population is estimated at about 7.7 million, according to the latest U.S. Census figures.
Hospitalization
During March 3-9, 7.7 percent of staffed intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Washington were occupied by COVID-19 patients. Out of all staffed ICU beds, 90.1 percent were occupied in the same period. The state no longer releases more recent data.
Acute care hospitals in Washington reported a total of 443 COVID-19 patients occupying beds Tuesday with 30 on ventilators.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington has had a stable case rate of 114 per 100,000 people.
The national case rate for the past seven days was 65.2 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to DOH, 67.2 percent of the total state population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
On the national level, 65.3 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, according to CDC statistics.
Worldwide, more than 10.7 billion doses of vaccine have been administered.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been 968,171 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States as of Wednesday. More than 79.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Worldwide, more than 6.05 million people have died from the disease. Global cases exceed 462 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 earlier this year the halt in updating will continue through March 2022.
This story was originally published March 16, 2022 at 5:27 PM.
