Whitman County confirms 29 new positive COVID-19 cases

County has running total of 3,276 cases, 41 COVID-19-related deaths

ABBY DAVIS, Evergreen copy chief

From Feb. 13-19, 29 individuals tested positive for COVID-19, raising Whitman County’s running total to 3,276 cases.

There have been a total of 41 COVID-19-related deaths as of Feb. 19. A total of 87 people have been hospitalized in the county, according to Friday’s press release from the Whitman County Emergency Operations Center.

Of the new cases, four females and five males are aged 0-19 years. Four females and eight males are aged 20-39 years. Five females and one male are aged 40-59 years. One female and one male are aged 60-79 years, according to press releases from the county’s EOC.

WSU Pullman has a running total of 2,073 positive COVID-19 cases and nine active cases as of Feb. 18, according to the WSU COVID-19 Dashboard.