Case updates July 16, 2020; catching up with the backlog

Washington state DOH confirmed cases

Today’s increase of 1,267 new cases includes a backlog of about 300 cases from Yakima County. Despite the backlog, this increase suggests that community spread is accelerating. DOH is also reporting an increase of 115 hospitalizations today. This reflects a backlog following the agency’s data migration from last weekend. The 7-day average counts indicate hospitalization numbers continue to increase as well.

Case updates July 16, 2020

United States

• cases 3,483,832 including 67,404 new cases
• deaths 136,938 including 947 new deaths

Washington state

• cases 44,313 - 1267 new cases (see above)
• hospitalizations 4,944 - 115 new (see above)
• deaths 1,427 - 6 new

King county

• cases 12,592 - 239 new
• hospitalizations 1,750 - 19 new
• deaths 621 - 1 new

Shoreline

• cases 430 - 5 new
• hospitalizations 93 - 1 new
• deaths 57 - 0 new

Lake Forest Park

• cases 45 - 0 new
• hospitalizations 4 - 0 new
• deaths 1 - 0 new