Washington state reports 611 new COVID-19 cases
The Washington State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 611 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths.
Statewide totals have reached 33,435 cases 1,339, up from 32,824 cases and 1,332 deaths on Tuesday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit with 10,304 cases and 612 deaths. Yakima County has 7,128 cases and 159 deaths while Snohomish County has 3,535 cases and 171 deaths. Pierce County reported 34 new cases and one deaths on Wednesday, bringing its totals to 2,587 cases and 90 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 171 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 33 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on June 23, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 4,402 on Monday.
There have been 571,964 tests conducted in the state with 5.8% 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 July 1, 2020 at 5:02 PM with the headline "Washington state reports 611 new COVID-19 cases."
