Tacoma — The Washington state Department of Health reported 754 new COVID-19 cases Monday.
As of Monday, the state’s preliminary death tally was 11,866. The confirmed death tally as of Feb. 10 was 11,649.
The state reported 4,682 cases Sunday and 2,452 cases Saturday.
The statewide case total from the illness caused by the coronavirus stood at 1,423,990 cases on Monday.
The state revises preliminary data on a daily basis 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. 15-21, 15.5 percent of staffed intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Washington were occupied by COVID-19 patients. Out of all staffed ICU beds, 90.1 percent were occupied in the same period. The state no longer releases more recent data.
Acute care hospitals in Washington reported a total of 882 COVID-19 patients occupying beds Sunday with 64 on ventilators.
Case rates
For the past seven days, Washington has had a downward trending case rate of 149 per 100,000 people.
The national rate for the same period was 131 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, 64.9 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, according to CDC statistics.
U.S. and world numbers
There have been 950,408 deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. as of Monday. More than 79 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 5.95 million people have died from the disease. Global cases exceed 436 million. More than 10.2 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.
