Washington reports 45 coronavirus-related deaths in past 24 hours

According to the Washington State Department of Health Website, there have been 3,126 new known cases of coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours.

This brings the state’s confirmed total to 170,342 with 985 current hospitalizations, 135 of which are intubated.

The United States’ total death toll now sits at 279,698.

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