Latest COVID report from State Health Dept.

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Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,622,214 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on June 14. There have been 12,991 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.

For the most recent number of cases by county, demographics, and more, visit the Department of Health’s dashboard.

Children ages 6 months – 4 years may soon be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. Several COVID-19 vaccination series for children are being considered for emergency use authorization in the coming days, including:

• A Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 6 months – 4 years.
• A Moderna vaccine for children ages 6 months – 5 years.
• A second Moderna vaccine for youth ages 6 – 17 years.

Read the full June 16 news release.

New videos describe how to visit long-term care facilities safely during COVID-19. DOH has developed two videos that provide basic information on visiting residents of long-term care facilities:

• The first video describes basic infection control prevention practices.
• The second video covers the proper use of personal protective equipment when visiting someone in quarantine or isolation.

See the Long-term Care Visitation Guidance page for more information and resources.

Reported COVID-19 reinfections in Washington state. This weekly report includes information on hospitalizations and deaths, demographics, trends over time, and vaccination status of people with a reinfection for which DOH has information about both infection events. Read the full June 15 report.

COVID-19 cases among children and youth in Washington. This weekly report provides information on COVID-19 in all children and youth, ages 0 to 19 years. Cases are broken down by educational service district (ESD) regions and age. Read the full June 15 report in English and in Spanish.

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 15 report.

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough surveillance and case information resource. This weekly report provides data and criteria on fully vaccinated people who test positive with SARS-CoV-2 and may or may not develop COVID-19 symptoms. Read the full June 15 report.

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 14 report.