Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Wednesday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 2,255 new COVID-19 cases and 58 deaths Wednesday.
As of Wednesday, statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 633,278 and 7,373 deaths. Those numbers are up from 631,023 cases and 7,315 deaths since Tuesday. The case total includes 69,472 infections listed as probable. DOH revises previous case and death counts daily.
Washington’s population is estimated at about 7.7 million, according to the latest U.S. Census figures.
Hospitalizations
On Sept. 13, the date with the most recent complete data, 157 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were admitted to Washington state hospitals. As of Wednesday, 35.2 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Washington were occupied by COVID-19 patients.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington has had a decreasing case rate of 277 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 269 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to the CDC, more than 4.77 million Washington residents, or 62.7 percent of the total population, have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
On the national level, 54.9 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated, according to CDC statistics.
Testing
On Sept. 15, DOH stopped updating testing statistics on its website because it was having difficulty processing an increase in data. The agency said the halt in updating will continue through Oct. 31.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been more than 42.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 680,810 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest total number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.
More than 4.71 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 229 million.
This story was originally published September 22, 2021 at 5:09 PM with the headline "Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Wednesday in Washington state."
