New coronavirus cases increased in 9.5% in Washington state in the latest week ending Sunday as the state added 5,357 cases. The previous week had 4,893 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Washington ranked 37th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, the United States added 379,753 reported cases of coronavirus, an increase of 1.1% from the week before. Across the country, 30 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Within Washington state, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Whitman, Kittitas and Douglas counties. Adding the most new cases overall were King County, with 1,392 cases; Pierce County, with 962 cases; and Spokane County, with 435. Weekly case counts rose in 25 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week’s pace were in Whitman, King and Pierce counties.
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Washington ranked 27th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 25.2% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 24.5%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows.
In the week ending Sunday, Washington reported administering another 410,031 vaccine doses, compared with 418,613 the week before that. In all, Washington reported it has administered 2,972,560 doses.
Across Washington, cases fell in 13 counties, with the best declines in Yakima, Whatcom and Skagit counties.
In Washington, 51 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 82 people were reported dead.
A total of 354,782 people in Washington have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 5,174 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 29,818,528 people have tested positive and 542,356 people have died.
