Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Wednesday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 1,096 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.
As of Wednesday, the state’s preliminary death tally was 12,392. The confirmed death tally as of March 6 was 12,281.
The statewide case total from the illness caused by the coronavirus stood at 1,448,779 cases on Wednesday. The state reported 860 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 10-16, 5.8 percent of staffed intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Washington were occupied by COVID-19 patients. Out of all staffed ICU beds, 88.3 percent were occupied in the same period. The state no longer releases more recent data.
Acute care hospitals in Washington reported a total of 358 COVID-19 patients occupying beds Tuesday with 19 on ventilators.
Case rates
Case rates were not available from the CDC on Wednesday.
Vaccine
According to DOH, 67.3 percent of the total state population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been 974,235 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States as of Wednesday. More than 79.8 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Worldwide, more than 6.1 million people have died from the disease. Global cases exceed 474 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.
