Statewide COVID response updates from State Department of Health

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Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 415,179 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on June 30. There have been 5,938 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.

For the most recent tally of cases by county, demographics, and more, visit the Department of Health’s dashboard and the state’s Roadmap to Recovery Metrics dashboard. 

• Data note: Beginning July 1, DOH will report new COVID-19 epidemiological data to the DOH COVID-19 dashboard Monday–Friday, instead of seven days a week. This transition is a milestone toward more sustainable COVID-19 reporting and a response to recent declines in COVID-19 disease activity, hospitalizations, and deaths.
• Reminder: July 3–5 is a holiday weekend. We will not update the COVID-19 dashboard or produce the morning reconciliation tables and the daily epidemiological report on the weekend or Independence Day (Observed), July 5. Daily and cumulative COVID-19 data can be viewed on the COVID-19 dashboard and risk assessment dashboard.

June 30 Washington state reopening media briefing. Secretary of Health Umair Shah provided an update on the state’s COVID-19 response and state reopening. He was joined by Dr. Scott Lindquist, acting state health officer; Lacy Fehrenbach, deputy secretary; Michele Roberts, acting assistant secretary; and Dan Laster, COVID-19 Vaccine Command and Coordination (VACCS) Center director. View the briefing here.

Washington ready for reopening, but some COVID-19 precautions remain. As Washington state reopens for business and recreation today, DOH encourages people to keep doing their part to stop the spread of COVID-19. Reopening does not mean the pandemic is over or that the risk of COVID-19 is gone. Read the full news release here.

Updated guidance documents:

• DOH’s guidance for institutes of higher education with fully vaccinated campuses.
• Gov. Inslee’s proclamation on higher education, which includes requirements for non-fully vaccinated campuses.

Statewide COVID-19 outbreak report. This weekly document provides an overview of reported COVID-19 outbreaks in our state, based on information in DOH’s Washington Disease Reporting System (WDRS). Read the full June 30 report here.

Case investigation and contact tracing metrics for DOH centralized investigations. This weekly report shows the timeliness of reaching COVID-19 confirmed and probable cases and their contacts for case investigations and contact tracing activities. Read the full June 30 report here.

DOH SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variants report. This weekly report summarizes genome sequencing coverage of Washington SARS-CoV-2 specimens from multiple laboratories from across the United States and our state. It provides a statewide view of sequencing capacity and data, including breakouts by county and demographics. Read the full June 30 report here.

COVID-19 morbidity and mortality by race, ethnicity, and spoken language in Washington state. This bimonthly report provides an overview of confirmed or probable COVID-19 case, hospitalization, and death rates by race and ethnicity at state and regional levels. It also provides counts and percentages of confirmed or probable cases and hospitalizations by primary language spoken. Read the full June 30 report here. 

COVID-19 outbreaks in Washington state K-12 schools. Between Aug. 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021, 301 COVID-19 outbreaks and 1,139 COVID-19 cases in K-12 schools were reported to DOH. Read the full June 30 report here. (Next update: September 2021.)