Washington state reports 571 new COVID-19 cases
The Washington State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 571 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths.
Statewide totals have reached 32,824 cases and 1,332 deaths, up from 32,253 cases and 1,320 deaths on Monday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit with 10,177 cases and 610 deaths. Yakima County has 7,071 cases and 158 deaths while Snohomish County has 3,508 cases and 171 deaths. Pierce County reported 47 new cases and two deaths on Sunday, bringing its totals to 2,553 cases and 89 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 78 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 30 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on June 22, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 4,361 on Monday.
There have been 557,275 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 30, 2020 at 4:12 PM with the headline "Washington state reports 571 new COVID-19 cases."
