Washington state passes 13,000 COVID-19 cases, reports 738 deaths
The Washington State Department of Health reported 342 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths Saturday.
Statewide case totals have reached 13,319, while the state’s death toll is now at 738, up from 12,977 cases and 723 deaths Friday.
King County continues to be the hardest hit, reporting 5,739 cases. The county is the first in the state to report 400 deaths. Snohomish County has reached 2,297 cases and 102 deaths, and Pierce County is reporting 1,307 cases and 47 deaths.
Of the state’s 39 counties, all but Garfield County have reported cases, with Benton (399), Clark (296), Franklin (250), Grant (150), Island (161), King (5,739), Kitsap (144), Pierce (1,307), Skagit (287), Snohomish (2,297), Spokane (345), Thurston (101), Whatcom (284) and Yakima (976) all reporting more than 100 cases.
Thurston County became the 14th county in the state to report at least 100 cases Saturday.
Twenty-one counties have reported at least one virus-related death. All but five of those counties have reported multiple deaths, with Benton (37), Clark (18), King (400), Pierce (47), Skagit (10), Snohomish (102), Spokane (19), Whatcom (27) and Yakima (44) all reporting at least 10.
There are 137 cases and one death that have not been assigned to a county.
There have been 170,594 people tested in Washington, with positive cases at 7.8%.
This story was originally published April 25, 2020 at 5:05 PM with the headline "Washington state passes 13,000 COVID-19 cases, reports 738 deaths."
