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In Washington, there were 0 newly reported COVID-19 cases and 0 newly reported COVID-19 deaths on Jul 23, 2023. How is Washington faring against COVID-19, both overall and at a state level? Get the answers here, with data on hotspots and infection rates.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the first United States case of a mysterious coronavirus from China in Washington state. Read more.
Dr. Jeff Duchin with Public Health – Seattle & King County confirms a man in his 50s died of coronavirus. This is the first coronavirus death reported in the U.S. The man was being treated at EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland. Read more.
Corornavirus spreads from Washington state to North Carolina. The case was a person who traveled to Washington state and was exposed at the Life Care Center in Kirkland where there was an outbreak of coronavirus. Read more.
Seattle Public Schools announces it’s closing all schools for at least two weeks. This followed similar announcements from Lake Washington SD, Shoreline SD, and Bellevue SD. Read more.
Gov. Inslee signs a statewide proclamation for all Washingtonians to stay at home for the next two weeks. This order is similar to what’s seen in California. Read more.
Gov. Jay Inslee announces that he will be extending Washington state’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy initiative through May 4. Read more.
Seattle and King County announce they are urging residents to wear face coverings in all indoor public settings, and outdoors where social distancing is difficult. The health directive goes into effect a week later. Read more.
With Washington’s stay-at-home order set to expire, Gov. Inslee announces a phased, county-by-county reopening plan. This plan will change multiple times in the next year. Read more.
Seattle’s school district, the largest in the state, recommends that instruction in the fall begins remotely. Districts around the state spend the next two months updating return-to-school plans — ranging from hybrid models to full remote plans. Read more.
MLB training camps are scheduled to open on July 1 with players required to go through a three-day COVID-19 testing period before being allowed on site. If baseball can get through spring training in a pandemic unscathed, the season will begin July 23 or 24. Read more.
See the latest charts and maps of coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations in Washington.
These dashboards show trends in Washington state for COVID-19, influenza (flu), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The data on these dashboards help us monitor early signs of disease spread, severity of illness, vaccination rates, virus variants or subtypes occurring in Washington, and hospital bed use due to COVID-19, flu, and RSV.
Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency on February 29, 2020, which was followed by a statewide stay-at-home order on March 23 that would last at least two weeks. [2] [3] Washington had 1,989,477 confirmed cases and a total of 16,100 confirmed deaths as of September 6, 2023. [4]
During 2020, there were 262,516 COVID-19 cases reported in Washington; 15,667 of those cases were hospitalized (6%) and 4,461 of those cases died (1.7%). Case counts were the highest in November and December and were three times higher in November compared to October.
This report summarizes industry data among COVID-19 cases in Washington from March 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021. METHODS . Washington health care providers, facilities, laboratories, and others are required to report confirmed, probable, and suspect cases of COVID-19 to the local health jurisdiction (LHJ).
