Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Monday in Washington state
The Washington state Department of Health reported 7,590 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths over the weekend.
As of Monday, statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 514,884 and 6,248 deaths. Those numbers are up from 507,294 and 6,239 deaths since Friday. The case total includes 48,481 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 Aug. 5, the date with the most recent complete data, 109 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 186.4 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 228.7 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccine
According to the CDC, more than 9.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Washington.
On the national level, more than 357.2 million shots of the approved vaccines have been given, according to CDC statistics.
As of Monday, 53.7% of Washington residents and 61.8% 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 31, the most recent date with confirmed testing data, 10,832 specimens were collected statewide, with 1,219 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 126,974 cases and 1,694 deaths. Pierce County, second in population, is second in cases, with 65,370. Pierce County has the third-highest number of deaths, at 674, according to DOH, which counts deaths differently than the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
All counties in Washington have at least 100 cases. Only nine of the state’s 39 counties have case counts of fewer than 1,000.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been more than 36.8 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 622,279 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 4.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide. Global cases exceed 207.7 million.
This story was originally published August 16, 2021 at 5:22 PM with the headline "Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Monday in Washington state."
