Latest numbers from State Health Department

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Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 666,016 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 15. There have been 9,029 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.

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

COVID-19 response update media briefing. Secretary Shah and other response leaders will provide a media briefing Wednesday, Nov. 17, 10–11 a.m. PT. Please join the call 5-10 minutes early.

• TVW will livestream the briefing.
• Reporters participating in the Q&A need to register here.
• If you would like to ask a question, you must register and log into the Zoom conference, and email doh-pio@doh.wa.gov with subject line Briefing Question.

Updated DOH guidance documents. The following updated guidance can be found on the Resources and Recommendations page.

• What to do if you were potentially exposed to someone with COVID-19 contains:
  • Updated information on how a person is exposed to COVID-19.
  • Updated testing, masking, and quarantine guidance for close contacts who are not yet fully vaccinated and do not have symptoms.
  • Updated testing, masking, and quarantine guidance for fully vaccinated close contacts who do not have symptoms.
  • Added guidance for people who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days and recovered and do not have symptoms.
  • Updated guidance for close contacts with symptoms.
• What to do if you test positive for COVID-19 contains:
  • Updated document to focus on people who test positive for COVID-19.

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 Nov. 10 report.

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 Nov. 10 report.

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths by vaccination status. This weekly report provides a brief overview of confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among those who are not fully vaccinated in Washington state. Read the full Nov. 10 report.

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 Nov. 10 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 Nov. 10 report.

Inslee issues update to proclamation requiring vaccination verification for large events. Gov. Jay Inslee’s update adds a QR code made available by DOH to the list of acceptable forms of proof of full vaccination against COVID-19. Read the full news release here.