Washington Reports 501 More Coronavirus Cases

SEATTLE — The Washington State Department of Health reported 479 more coronavirus cases on Saturday.

The death toll, meanwhile, has not been updated. Saturday marks the start of the second weekend since the state announced that the Department of Health would not be updating death counts on Saturdays or Sundays. The reason for the decision remains unclear. Instead, any deaths that have occurred over the weekend will instead be reported on Mondays and Tuesday.

Another source of confusion from Saturday's report is in hospitalizations: the data shows five fewer hospitalizations that were reported on Friday. That number should not be able to decrease, because it is a tally the total number of patients who have been hospitalized since the pandemic began— cases where patients were hospitalized, treated and released or that ended in death should both remain counted. However, the DOH says that an issue in their data recording system has forced them to reevaluate.

The latest update means that 76,836 total coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Washington since the pandemic began, and at least 1953 people have died.

1,550,477 coronavirus test have been performed in Washington since the start of the pandemic, meaning roughly five percent of tests come back 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.