— from Emergency Operations Center, Camp Murray —

Newest numbers. The state of Washington reported 797 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of cases to 47,743 as of July 19 at 11:59 p.m. The total number of deaths are at 1,453.

For the most recent tally of cases by county, demographics, and more, visit the Department of Health’s dashboard and the state’s COVID-19 risk assessment dashboard.

Seven Safe Start county applications returned amidst pause on reopening. Today, Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman announced that he is returning all COVID-19 Safe Start applications from counties whose applications were put on pause or pending review before Gov. Jay Inslee implemented a statewide pause on reopening plans. The pause is expected to last until at least July 28, meaning at least four weeks will have passed since the applications were submitted, and information in the applications will be outdated.

The following county applications have been returned: Clark, Cowlitz, Jefferson, Kitsap, Klickitat, San Juan and Walla Walla. Information about all counties is available on the state’s Safe Start county status page.

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