Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Wednesday in Washington state

Craig Sailor
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The Washington state Department of Health reported 1,876 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, the state’s preliminary death tally was 11,954. That number is up by 88 since Monday. The confirmed death tally as of Feb. 13 was 11,725.

The statewide case total from the illness caused by the coronavirus stood at 1,427,013 cases on Wednesday.

The state frequently revises preliminary data until it’s considered confirmed, sometimes lagging up to a month. It releases new data to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Washington’s population is estimated at about 7.7 million, according to the latest U.S. Census figures.

Hospitalization

During Feb. 17-23, 14.3 percent of staffed intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Washington were occupied by COVID-19 patients. Out of all staffed ICU beds, 89.9 percent were occupied in the same period. The state no longer releases more recent data.

Acute care hospitals in Washington reported a total of 782 COVID-19 patients occupying beds Tuesday with 51 on ventilators.

Case rates

For the past seven days, Washington has had a downward trending case rate of 228 per 100,000 people.

The national case rate for the past seven days was 118 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vaccine

According to DOH, 66.9 percent of the total state population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

On the national level, 65 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, according to CDC statistics.

U.S. and world numbers

There have been 954,214 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States as of Wednesday. More than 79.1 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The United States has the highest total number of reported cases and deaths of any nation.

Worldwide, more than 5.97 million people have died from the disease. Global cases exceed 439 million. More than 10.5 billion doses of vaccine have been administered.

Testing

On Sept. 15, DOH stopped updating testing statistics on its website because it was having difficulty processing an increase in data. On Jan. 3, the agency said the halt in updating will continue through February 2022.