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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.

August 14: DOH announced a new methodology for reporting testing and percent positive to better reflect the current status of the pandemic in Washington state. The most recent testing data are available through 8/5. Updates are anticipated to resume the week of August 24th after we switch to the new methodology reporting total testing volumes rather than just the number of new individuals who got a negative or positive test result for the first time. Note: this only impacts the testing dashboard. Confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations will continue to be reported daily. We appreciate your patience as we switch our reporting.

Website Last Updated 2:55 P.M. 08/24/2020
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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Summary Data Tables

Cumulative Confirmed Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths by County
County Confirmed Cases Hospitalizations Deaths
Adams 552 30 6
Asotin 49 2 2
Benton 4,001 341 122
Chelan 1,667 62 11
Clallam 196 4 1
Clark 2,056 199 52
Columbia 13 3 1
Cowlitz 520 46 6
Douglas 1,118 50 7
Ferry 24 1 0
Franklin 3,843 268 55
Garfield 4 0 0
Grant 2,079 111 15
Grays Harbor 215 18 5
Island 265 33 11
Jefferson 69 11 0
King 18,797 2,229 716
Kitsap 937 80 8
Kittitas 448 21 21
Klickitat 166 10 3
Lewis 308 30 4
Lincoln 31 2 1
Mason 292 21 1
Okanogan 971 36 6
Pacific 60 8 2
Pend Oreille 53 6 0
Pierce 6,564 724 162
San Juan 29 1 0
Skagit 983 88 22
Skamania 58 5 1
Snohomish 5,965 751 207
Spokane 5,044 362 124
Stevens 123 14 1
Thurston 868 76 12
Wahkiakum 6 0 0
Walla Walla 704 49 4
Whatcom 1,057 82 39
Whitman 160 2 0
Yakima 10,830 759 235
Unassigned 246 7 4
Total 71,371 6,542 1,867

This table was removed as we update our new methodology for reporting testing. We will update it once that is complete.

Cumulative Confirmed Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths by Age
Age Group Percent of Cases Percent of Hospitalizations Percent of Deaths
0-19 13% 1% 0%
20-39 39% 14% 1%
40-59 29% 29% 10%
60-79 14% 37% 38%
80+ 5% 19% 51%
Unknown 0% 0% 0%

Cumulative Confirmed Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths by Gender
Sex at Birth Percent of Cases Percent of Hospitalizations Percent of Deaths
Female 49% 45% 45%
Male 46% 53% 53%
Unknown 4% 2% 1%

Cumulative 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 71,371 100%
Unknown Race/Ethnicity (Percent out of Total Cases) 21,673 30% NA
Total with Race/Ethnicity Available 49,698 100%
Hispanic 21,208 43% 13%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 819 2% 1%
Non-Hispanic Asian 2,408 5% 9%
Non-Hispanic Black 2,949 6% 4%
Non-Hispanic White 18,700 38% 68%
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,237 2% 1%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 1,304 3% 4%
Non-Hispanic Other Race 1,073 2% NA

* Out of total with reported race/ethnicity

Cumulative COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity Hospitalization Count Percent of Hospitalizations * Out of total with reported race/ethnicity Percent of Total WA Population
Total Number of Hospitalizations 6,542 100%
Unknown Race/Ethnicity (Percent out of Total Hospitalizations) 1,849 28% NA
Total with Race/Ethnicity Available 4,693 100%
Hispanic 1,405 30% 13%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 90 2% 1%
Non-Hispanic Asian 320 7% 9%
Non-Hispanic Black 291 6% 4%
Non-Hispanic White 2,238 48% 68%
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 160 3% 1%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 83 2% 4%
Non-Hispanic Other Race 106 2% NA

* Out of total with reported race/ethnicity

Cumulative 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 1,867 100%
Unknown Race/Ethnicity (Percent out of Total Deaths) 31 2% NA
Total with Race/Ethnicity Available 1,836 100%
Hispanic 258 14% 13%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 47 3% 1%
Non-Hispanic Asian 140 8% 9%
Non-Hispanic Black 60 3% 4%
Non-Hispanic White 1,240 68% 68%
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 31 2% 1%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 22 1% 4%
Non-Hispanic Other Race 38 2% NA

* Out of total with reported race/ethnicity

Every day, acute care hospitals in Washington are reporting patients hospitalized with COVID-19 to the Department of Health. The numbers in the columns below represent the total number of patients hospitalized with suspect and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and those suspect and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients on ventilators by day.

  • As of July 7, this table was updated to include suspect COVID-19 patients as well as laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients hospitalized and those on ventilators. Also, if a hospital did not provide a daily update, then their last reported data is included in the total counts. This inclusion of suspect cases and prior reporting aligns with the data currently reported on the Governor’s Risk Assessment dashboard on healthcare system readiness.
  • As of May 20, the chart was updated to reflect that hospitals are now reporting the total number of COVID-19 patients ventilated rather than the total number of COVID-19 patients in the ICU. This change aligns the data hospitals submit to DOH with the data they’re required to report to federal agencies.

Hospitals now report data through WA HEALTH, a new application developed in partnership with the Washington State Hospital Association. Previous hospitalization and ICU data were provided 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.

Daily COVID-19 Confirmed and Suspected Patients Hospitalized and Ventilated
Date Total COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized Total COVID-19 Patients Ventilated
8/17/2020 375 43
8/18/2020 385 44
8/19/2020 374 48
8/20/2020 371 45
8/21/2020 371 42
8/22/2020 373 36
8/23/2020 354 37

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Data Notes

August 21: Yesterday we identified a total of 97 lab results that were incorrectly reported to our system dating back to July 28. The results were entered into our system as positive PCR test results (which confirm an infection on their own) when they were in fact positive antigen test results (which do not confirm an infection on their own). We have changed the case classification and as a result the total case count will decrease by 97 from our report on August 20. We have corrected this issue with the laboratory that submitted the results and in our system to prevent it from happening in the future.

August 14: DOH announced a new methodology for reporting testing and percent positive to better reflect the current status of the pandemic in Washington state. The most recent testing data are available through 8/5. Updates are anticipated to resume the week of August 24th after we switch to the new methodology reporting total testing volumes rather than just the number of new individuals who got a negative or positive test result for the first time. Note: this only impacts the testing dashboard. Confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations will continue to be reported daily. We appreciate your patience as we switch our reporting.

July 13: We are working on changes to provide more context to death reporting and report death counts that reflect deaths where COVID-19 caused or contributed to the death. We have made additional steps in this process and are removing 39 from our counts. All of these are natural deaths, and after review it was determined that COVID-19 did not cause or contribute to the death. We will continue to update death counts as additional information on cause of death is received.

Notes on testing:

  • Effective July 1, 2020, DOH has added a downloadable table on the "Testing" tab that has individuals with positive and negative tests, and the percent of positive tests by county and day.
  • Two important data issues continue to effect results presented on the testing tab. The first is that there are negative lab results that have not yet been entered into our data system. The second is that about 21% of negative test results do not have an assigned county. These two issues impact some counties disproportionately. Department of Health continues to work on a sustainable solution.
  • Regarding reporting for testing in general, the data presented is by number of individuals not by number of tests.  An individual is only counted one time in all graphics and tables. They are classified by their first positive test result, or their first negative if they never had a positive test.

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.

Case Report Date, June 16, 2020: As of June 16, 2020, DOH switched from using the date a case was reported to the Department of Health to the date of an individual’s first positive lab result. This is a more accurate designation of case confirmation that will shift some case counts by date, most noticeably for cumulative case counts and graphics. This will affect less than 10% of the reported cases.

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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