Case updates October 2, 2020; DOH receives antigen tests with 15 minute result time

Within the next five to ten days the Washington State Department of Health will receive and distribute the first batch of Abbott BinaxNOW antigen test kits for COVID-19 from the federal government. 

These are rapid tests that can return results in as little as 15 minutes. The first batch will include 149,000 kits, and the state anticipates receiving nearly 2.3 million total tests between now and December.

These rapid tests work best for and are approved for people with symptoms. This first batch will be distributed to community health centers, tribal clinics and critical access hospitals to increase access to COVID-19 testing in the communities they serve across the state. A plan for distribution of future shipments is in development.

Case updates October 2, 2020

United States

• cases 7,310,625 - 50,160 cases since yesterday
• deaths 208,118 - 816 deaths since yesterday

Washington state - *no death reports on weekends

• cases 89,419 - 609 since last report
• hospitalizations 7,611 - 25 since last report
• deaths* 2,142 -  -1 since last report

King county

• cases 22,941 - 153 since yesterday
• hospitalizations 2,395 - 13 since yesterday
• deaths 764 - 6 since last report

Shoreline - population 56,752 (2018)

• cases 611 - 0 new
• hospitalizations 106 - 0 new
• deaths 63 - 0 new

Lake Forest Park - 13,569 (2018)

• cases 68 - 0 new
• hospitalizations 4 - 0 new
• deaths 1 - 0 new