449 New Coronavirus Cases In Washington; 4 More Deaths

SEATTLE, WA — Health officials on Saturday announced 449 newly-confirmed coronavirus cases in Washington, the state's highest one-day increase since April 9.

Four more people have died after contracting COVID-19, bringing the state's death toll to 1,153. At least 23,442 people have tested positive for the virus since the outbreak began.

The state has now tested 400,588 people for the coronavirus, with about 5.9 percent testing positive.

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Health workers take to the streets in Seattle

Health workers became the latest group in Seattle to take to the streets en masse over the police killing of George Floyd, in a large demonstration that began Saturday morning.

Well over 1,000 doctors, nurses and other workers gathered at Harborview Medical Center, chanting the names of Floyd and Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville police in March, the Seattle Times reported.

The group then marched to City Hall, where speakers described how racism has tainted American medicine, and discussed police violence against black people as its own public health crisis, the Times reported.

The coronavirus itself has hit racial minorities far harder than whites in Washington. Hispanics, black people and Pacific Islanders have all been infected at disproportionate rates, according to the state's coronavirus dashboard.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases by county (from the Washington Department of Health*)

Total confirmed cases: 23,442 (1,153 deaths)

King: 8,417 cases (576 deaths)
Yakima: 4,366 cases (100 deaths)
Snohomish: 3,025 cases (152 deaths)
Pierce: 2,019 cases (85 deaths)
Benton: 906 cases (66 deaths)
Spokane: 713 cases (35 deaths)
Franklin: 704 cases (21 deaths)
Clark: 559 cases (24 deaths)
Skagit: 449 cases (15 deaths)
Whatcom: 409 cases (37 deaths)
Chelan: 261 cases (6 deaths)
Grant: 215 cases (4 deaths)
Island: 181 cases (11 deaths)
Douglas: 177 cases (3 deaths)
Kitsap: 165 cases (2 deaths)
Thurston: 163 cases (2 death)
Walla Walla: 113 cases (2 deaths)
Kittitas: 88 cases
Adams: 79 cases
Cowlitz: 78 cases
Okanogan: 56 cases (1 death)
Lewis: 37 cases (3 deaths)
Mason: 37 cases (1 death)
Klickitat: 33 cases (3 deaths)
Jefferson: 31 cases
Clallam: 27 cases
Whitman: 20 cases
Asotin: 19 cases (2 deaths)
Grays Harbor: 19 cases
San Juan: 15 cases
Stevens: 11 cases (1 death)
Pacific: 9 cases (1 death)
Wahkiakum: 4 cases
Pend Oreille: 3 cases
Skamania: 3 cases
Lincoln: 2 cases
Columbia: 1 case
Ferry: 1 case

25 cases remain unassigned to individual counties. The state is still determining how to sort the hundreds of cases with no definite origin.

*Some numbers differ from the totals provided separately by county health agencies.