Washington state COVID-19 cases up to 1,793 with 94 deaths
Washington state reached 1,793 positive COVID-19 cases Saturday, and now has 94 virus-related deaths since the outbreak began.
The total number of cases increased by 269 from Friday and included 11 new deaths.
Eight of the state’s counties have reported at least one death from the virus, including Benton (two deaths), Clark (three), Grant (one), Island (one), King (74), Pierce (one), Snohomish (10) and Whatcom (two).
King County continues to be the hardest hit, and had 934 cases reported as of Saturday, a jump of 141 cases since Friday with seven additional deaths. Snohomish County has the second-most cases in the state with 447, while Pierce County is third with 95.
No other county has reached 30 confirmed cases. There are 147 cases with unassigned counties.
Since the outbreak began, 25,328 cases have been tested statewide with about 93 percent of results coming back negative.
This story was originally published March 21, 2020 at 3:07 PM with the headline "Washington state COVID-19 cases up to 1,793 with 94 deaths."
