COVID-19 Numbers Keep Growing in Yakima County

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic a total of 106 people have been hospitalized. 24 people are in the hospital with at least 1085 cases up from 952 cases on Friday.

45 deaths have been reported up from 42 on Friday.

The largest amount of deaths, 19 are in people ages 80-years-old or older. No deaths have been reported in people 0 to 19-years-old or those 20-29-years-old.

Yakima Health District officials says 44 of the 45 recorded deaths were people who had underlying health conditions.

The largest group of people with the virus in the county? 187 people between the ages of 50 and 59-years-old. The smallest group? 67 cases of people ages 19-years-old or younger up from 54 on Friday.