Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Friday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 5,251 new COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths since Wednesday.
As of Friday, statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 488,640 and 6,168 deaths. Those numbers are up from 483,389 and 6,145 as of Wednesday. The case total includes 43,559 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 26, the date with the most recent complete data, 67 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 183.1 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 203.5 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to the CDC, more than 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Washington.
On the national level, more than 349.7 million shots of the approved vaccines have been given, according to CDC statistics.
As of Friday, 53% of Washington residents and 60.9% 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 28, the most recent date with confirmed testing data, 9,857 specimens were collected statewide, with 1,411 testing positive.
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 120,484 cases and 1,685 deaths. Pierce County, second in population, is second in cases, with 61,560. Pierce County has the third-highest number of deaths, at 671, 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 35.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 615,856 deaths from the virus in the United States as of Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States has the highest total number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.
More than 4.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 201.5 million.
This story was originally published August 6, 2021 at 5:09 PM with the headline "Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Friday in Washington state."
