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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 am to 10 pm, seven days a week. Please note that this call center cannot access COVID-19 testing results. For testing inquiries or results, please contact your health care provider.

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

On January 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Washington State Department of Health announced the first case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States in Washington State.

This guidance does not pertain to Gov. Jay Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy order issued 3/23/2020. Information on that order is available on the Governor's website.

Learn more about the coronavirus from Washington State’s official COVID-19 website. Maintained by the state Joint Information Center.

Current Status in Washington State

4/14: We are now able to report both positive and negative testing results, and data have been updated back through April 4.​
4/14: Over the past few days, case counts have been changing as we’ve been updating our lab information. Many lab reports originally come in with an unassigned county and are counted as cases.  We have been working to improve the quality of our address information and as we have done this, a number of cases have been determined to be out of state. These are no longer counted as Washington State cases and have been removed from our case counts.​
4/12: Effective April 12, we have added a downloadable table. It is available in the ‘Epidemiologic Curves’ tab under ‘Select views.’


Website Last Updated 6:30 PM 04/16/2020
Data shown as of previous day at 11:59 pm PT.​​​

 

 

Confirmed Cases / Deaths by County
County Confirmed Cases Deaths
Adams 39 0
Asotin 10 0
Benton 284 32
Chelan 62 5
Clallam 15 0
Clark 242 14
Columbia 1 0
Cowlitz 26 0
Douglas 32 1
Ferry 1 0
Franklin 156 4
Garfield 0 0
Grant 128 2
Grays Harbor 12 0
Island 158 8
Jefferson 28 0
King 4,796 320
Kitsap 132 1
Kittitas 14 0
Klickitat 16 2
Lewis 19 2
Lincoln 2 0
Mason 21 0
Okanogan 14 0
Pacific 1 0
Pend Oreille 1 0
Pierce 1,016 30
San Juan 13 0
Skagit 213 6
Skamania 3 0
Snohomish 2,020 85
Spokane 282 15
Stevens 7 1
Thurston 86 1
Wahkiakum 2 0
Walla Walla 26 0
Whatcom 262 25
Whitman 11 0
Yakima 667 29
Unassigned 334 0
Total 11,152 583

Number of Individuals Tested
Result Number of Individuals Tested Percent of Tests
Negative 117,748 91%
Positive 11,152 9%

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
4/9/2020 86 650 191
4/10/2020 83 651 191
4/11/2020 50 528 166
4/12/2020 46 388 99
4/13/2020 89 645 194
4/14/2020 88 618 201
4/15/2020 87 622 195

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.

Confirmed Cases / Deaths by Age
Age Group Percent of Cases Percent of Deaths
0-19 3% 0%
20-39 28% 0%
40-59 34% 8%
60-79 25% 38%
80+ 10% 54%
Unknown 0% 0%

Confirmed Cases / Deaths by Gender
Sex at Birth Percent of Cases Percent of Deaths
Female 52% 43%
Male 45% 57%
Unknown 3% 0%

Confirmed Cases by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity Confirmed Cases Percent of Cases *Out of total with reported race/ethnicity Percent of Total WA Population
Hispanic 1,600 25% 13%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 89 1% 1%
Non-Hispanic Asian 621 10% 9%
Non-Hispanic Black 413 6% 4%
Non-Hispanic White 3,533 55% 68%
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 82 1% 1%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 1 0% 4%
Non-Hispanic Other Race 110 2% NA
Total with Race/Ethnicity Available 6,449 100%
Unknown Race/Ethnicity (Percent out of Total Cases) 4,703 42% NA
Total Number of Cases 11,152 100%

* Out of total with reported race/ethnicity

Deaths by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity Deaths Percent of Deaths *Out of total with reported race/ethnicity Percent of Total WA Population
Hispanic 36 7% 13%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 5 1% 1%
Non-Hispanic Asian 55 11% 9%
Non-Hispanic Black 15 3% 4%
Non-Hispanic White 387 75% 68%
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0% 1%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 7 1% 4%
Non-Hispanic Other Race 10 2% NA
Total with Race/Ethnicity Available 517 100%
Unknown Race/Ethnicity (Percent out of Total Deaths) 66 11% NA
Total Number of Deaths 583 100%

* Out of total with reported race/ethnicity

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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