Washington reports 449 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health reported 449 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths Saturday.
Statewide totals have reached 23,442 cases and 1,153 deaths, up from 22,993 cases and 1,149 deaths Friday.
King County remains the hardest hit with 8,417 cases and 576 deaths, while Yakima County has 4,366 cases and 100 deaths and Snohomish County has 3,025 cases and 152 deaths.
Pierce County reported 18 new cases and one death Saturday, bringing its totals to 2,036 cases and 80 deaths.
Seventeen of the state’s 39 counties have reported more than 100 cases, and 11 counties have reported at least 10 virus-related deaths.
Garfield, the state’s least populous county, remains the only county without a reported case. Seven other counties are reporting fewer than 10 cases each.
There are 25 cases that have not been assigned to a county.
There were 18 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted to state hospitals on May 29, the most recent date with complete data. The total number of people who have been hospitalized in the state stood at 3,652 on Saturday.
There have been 400,588 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 6, 2020 at 4:19 PM with the headline "Washington reports 449 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths."
