Washington state reports 190 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health on Monday reported 190 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths.
Statewide totals have reached 28,870 cases and 1,276 deaths, up from 28,680 cases and 1,270 death on Sunday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit with 9,253 cases and 602 deaths. Yakima County has 6,326 cases and 138 deaths while Snohomish County has 3,249 cases and 164 deaths. Due to a lag in data reporting, Pierce County reported just six new cases and no deaths on Monday, bringing its totals to 2,290 cases and 84 deaths.
Garfield, the state’s least populous county, remains the only county without a reported case. Six other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
There are 36 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 17 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on June 14, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 4,062 on Sunday.
There have been 477,204 tests conducted in the state with 6.0% coming back positive.
The test numbers reflect only polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which are given to patients while the virus is presumably still active in the body.
This story was originally published June 22, 2020 at 4:33 PM with the headline "Washington state reports 190 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths."
