Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Monday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 3,073 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths Monday.
Statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 469,308 and 6,089 deaths. Those numbers are up from 466,235 cases and 6,078 deaths as of Friday. The case total includes 39,971 infections listed as probable. DOH revises previous case and death counts daily.
Washington’s population is estimated at about 7.6 million, according to U.S. Census figures from July 2019.
Hospitalizations
As of July 15, the date with the most recent complete data, 48 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were admitted to Washington state hospitals.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington has had an increasing case rate of 69.3 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 89 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to the CDC, more than 8.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Washington.
On the national level, more than 342.2 million shots of the approved vaccines have been given, according to CDC statistics.
As of Monday, 52.3% of Washington residents and 60% of the adult U.S. population have been fully vaccinated.
On April 15, all Washington residents ages 16 and older became eligible for the vaccine.
Testing
On July 17, the most recent date with confirmed testing data, 5,706 specimens were collected statewide, with 5.7% testing positive.
The average positive test rate for the seven days prior was steady at 6.2%. The test numbers reflect only polymerase chain reaction tests, which are administered while the virus is presumably still active in the body.
County numbers
According to DOH data, King County, with the state’s highest population, continues to have the highest numbers in Washington, with 116,154 cases and 1,678 deaths. Pierce County, second in population, is second in cases, with 3,723. Pierce County has the third-highest number of deaths, at 666, according to DOH, which counts deaths differently than the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
All counties in Washington have at least 100 cases. Only 10 of the state’s 39 counties have case counts of fewer than 1,000.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been more than 34.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 610,915 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest total number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.
More than 4.1 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 194.5 million.
This story was originally published July 26, 2021 at 4:21 PM with the headline "Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Monday in Washington state."
