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2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (COVID-19)

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If you have questions about what is happening in Washington, or how the virus is spread, please call 1-800-525-0127 and press # from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. Language assistance is available. Please note that this call center cannot access COVID-19 testing results. For testing inquiries or results, please contact your health care provider.

You may also text the word “Coronavirus” to 211211 to receive the latest information on COVID-19, including county-level updates, and resources for families, businesses, students, and more.

If you are seeking information about what constitutes an “Essential Business" or to report a suspected violation of Governor’s Proclamation 20-25: Stay Home – Stay Healthy (PDF), visit the coronavirus.wa.gov website for assistance. The Department of Health will not respond to these inquires or submissions.

Current Status in Washington State

The Department of Health and Microsoft's AI for Health team have partnered to create these interactive data dashboards. Simple data summary tables are also available.

Website Last Updated 2:55 PM 05/18/2020
Data shown as of previous day at 11:59 pm PT.

Find detailed information on Washington State's COVID-19 data

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Data Update May 5, 2020

Effective May 5, the visualization of COVID-like illness (CLI) hospitalizations reflects hospitalizations identified using updated methodology. While it still may include hospitalizations where the patient is not tested or tests negative for COVID-19, this strategy is optimized to identify more patients with CLI, patients diagnosed with coronavirus of any type, and to remove visits in which the patient was diagnosed with influenza. The overall effect is that the proportion and number of CLI hospitalizations is larger than it was previously.

Summary Data Tables

Confirmed Cases and Deaths by County
County Confirmed Cases Deaths
Adams 50 0
Asotin 18 2
Benton 643 55
Chelan 178 6
Clallam 21 0
Clark 388 22
Columbia 1 0
Cowlitz 68 0
Douglas 129 3
Ferry 1 0
Franklin 456 17
Garfield 0 0
Grant 187 3
Grays Harbor 15 0
Island 176 10
Jefferson 30 0
King 7,515 528
Kitsap 160 2
Kittitas 57 0
Klickitat 24 3
Lewis 35 3
Lincoln 2 0
Mason 33 1
Okanogan 40 1
Pacific 9 1
Pend Oreille 2 0
Pierce 1,687 62
San Juan 15 0
Skagit 426 14
Skamania 3 0
Snohomish 2,797 125
Spokane 403 30
Stevens 9 1
Thurston 124 1
Wahkiakum 4 0
Walla Walla 107 2
Whatcom 358 35
Whitman 16 0
Yakima 2,370 75
Unassigned 54 0
Total 18,611 1,002

Number of Individuals Tested
Result Individuals Tested Percent of Tests
Negative 270,524 94%
Positive 18,611 6%

Every day, acute care hospitals in Washington are reporting the number of patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in their hospital and in their intensive care unit (ICU) to the Department of Health. The numbers in the columns represent the total number of patients hospitalized and in the ICU with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 at all the hospitals reporting on that day. The number of hospitals reporting varies on a day to day basis, so counts are not directly comparable from day to day. There are 92 acute care hospitals in Washington, excluding our two military hospitals. Behavioral health hospitals are excluded from these data.

Data are provided to the Department of Health through partnerships with the Northwest Healthcare Response Network, for western Washington, the Regional Emergency and Disaster (REDi) Healthcare Coalition, for eastern Washington, and the Region IV Healthcare Preparedness Alliance, for southwest Washington, and the Washington State Hospital Association.

Patients Hospitalized and in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID‑19
Date Hospitals Reporting Total Patients Hospitalized with COVID‑19 Total Patients in the ICU with COVID‑19
5/9/2020 50 350 110
5/10/2020 48 321 94
5/11/2020 82 384 114
5/12/2020 80 365 111
5/13/2020 76 374 114
5/14/2020 75 331 90
5/15/2020 51 168 52

Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Age
Age Group Percent of Cases Percent of Deaths
0-19 5% 0%
20-39 31% 1%
40-59 34% 8%
60-79 21% 39%
80+ 9% 52%
Unknown 0% 0%

Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Gender
Sex at Birth Percent of Cases Percent of Deaths
Female 52% 45%
Male 46% 54%
Unknown 2% 0%

COVID-19 Confirmed Cases by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity Confirmed Cases Percent of Cases *Out of total with reported race/ethnicity Percent of Total WA Population
Total Number of Cases 18,611 100%
Unknown Race/Ethnicity (Percent out of Total Cases) 5,837 31% NA
Total with Race/Ethnicity Available 12,774 100%
Hispanic 4,532 35% 13%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 164 1% 1%
Non-Hispanic Asian 1,016 8% 9%
Non-Hispanic Black 873 7% 4%
Non-Hispanic White 5,456 43% 68%
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 254 2% 1%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 234 2% 4%
Non-Hispanic Other Race 245 2% NA

* Out of total with reported race/ethnicity

COVID-19 Deaths by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity Deaths Percent of Deaths *Out of total with reported race/ethnicity Percent of Total WA Population
Total Number of Deaths 1,002 100%
Unknown Race/Ethnicity (Percent out of Total Deaths) 108 11% NA
Total with Race/Ethnicity Available 894 100%
Hispanic 82 9% 13%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 7 1% 1%
Non-Hispanic Asian 86 10% 9%
Non-Hispanic Black 29 3% 4%
Non-Hispanic White 651 73% 68%
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 1% 1%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 13 1% 4%
Non-Hispanic Other Race 19 2% NA

* Out of total with reported race/ethnicity

Data Downloads

Data Notes

Note on the county and unassigned data: This data changes rapidly as labs conduct tests and discover new cases. Labs assign those cases to a county. Counties or the Department of Health then determine the appropriate county of jurisdiction. Those don’t always match initially. We’re working to reduce the “unassigned” number to 0. Contact the local health department for county specific information.

Note on the deaths: Some deaths may be reported by health care providers, medical examiners/coroners, local health departments, or others before they are included in the statewide count. It takes longer for the state to announce deaths because they are often reported first to the local health department and then to us.

Note on the number of infections: Public health experts agree that the true number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 in Washington greatly exceeds the number of COVID-19 infections that have been laboratory-confirmed. It is very difficult to know exactly how many people in Washington have been infected to date since most people with COVID-19 experience mild illness and the ability to get tested is still not widely available.

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