Washington Reports 310 New Coronavirus Cases

SEATTLE — Washington reported 310 new, laboratory-confirmed cases of the coronavirus Monday.

The latest update did not include a single new confirmed death due to the coronavirus, but that may be because of a new DOH policy to no longer update the death toll over the weekends, which may have applied for the Labor Day holiday as well.

A three-day span without a single coronavirus death to report is unlikely: data from the DOH shows Washington state has not had a single zero-death day since February 22nd. If it is the case that the death toll was not updated because of the holiday weekend, expect elevated death tolls over the next few days to compensate for the lack of updates over the long weekend.

The latest update means that 77,545 total coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Washington since the pandemic began, and at least 1953 people have died.

A total of 1,573,044 coronavirus tests have been performed since the pandemic began, meaning around 4.9 percent come back positive. That's slightly lower than recent weeks, and a step toward's the state's goal of having fewer than 2 percent of tests be positive.

Total coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths by county:

The above numbers are provided by the state Department of Health, and some numbers differ from the totals provided separately by county health agencies.