Washington state reports 348 new COVID-19 cases
The Washington State Department of Health on Sunday reported 348 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths.
Death reporting from June 27 and 28 may be artificially low due to a data issue that will be corrected June 29, the DOH website says.
Statewide totals have reached 31,752 cases and 1,310 deaths. Totals were 31,404 cases and 1,310 deaths on Saturday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit with 9,895 cases and 610 deaths. Yakima County has 6,920 cases and 152 deaths while Snohomish County has 3,438 cases and 168 deaths. Pierce County reported 21 new cases and no deaths on Sunday, bringing its totals to 2,487 cases and 87 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 51 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 23 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on June 20, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 4,275 on Sunday.
There have been 534,443 tests conducted in the state with 5.9% 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 28, 2020 at 3:04 PM with the headline "Washington state reports 348 new COVID-19 cases."
