— from Emergency Operations Center, Camp Murray —
Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 71,705 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on August 24. There have been 1,876 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 COVID-19 risk assessment dashboard.
New testing metric and methodology updates announced for COVID-19 dashboards used to track progress statewide. The Department of Health is making changes to the way the agency processes and reports testing data statewide, in an effort to account for the true volume of tests being done and to better benchmark our progress. These changes are set to go into effect today, Tuesday, August 25. Read the full news release here.
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