Live updates: 931 dead, 16,891 coronavirus cases in Washington state

As industries slowly reopen across Washington state, health officials are warning people to maintain social distancing strategies and to wear cloth face coverings, including at the airport. The state says 16,891 people have tested positive for coronavirus, and of those 931 people have died.

Confirmed coronavirus cases across Washington state

Follow live updates today below.

Sunday, May 10

4:23pm – Health officials say 931 people have died, an increase of 10 since Saturday, and 16,891 have tested positive for coronavirus. The state reports 248,875 have been tested. With 16,891 testing positive, the rate is 6.8%. That’s the lowest the rate has been since early March.

11:28am –  Some of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers emphasized on Sunday the importance of states getting more businesses and offices open. The White House dispatched several of its top economic advisers to hit the Sunday talk shows. The appearances came on the heels of three key advisers, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, taking new precautionary steps after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19. Read more from the AP.

6:29am – The Port of Seattle will require all passengers, visitors, and workers to wear a cloth mask in public areas of Sea-Tac Airport starting May 18.

“Airport workers keep our region’s supply chain moving and support safe essential travel,” said Port of Seattle Executive Director Steve Metruck. “I am deeply grateful for the dedication they bring to their work. Many Port employees and partners and members of the public already wear cloth face coverings. This policy makes clear our commitment to public health, safety, and well-being.”

The requirement doesn’t apply to certain groups like young children and those who can’t medically tolerate facial coverings. Read more from the port.

Saturday, May 9

10:14pm – Hundreds of people rallied at the capitol in Olympia on Saturday in protest of Gov. Inslee’s stay-at-home order. Rep. Matt Shea attended and reportedly led a chant, “Freedom is the cure.”

4:12pm – Health officials say 921 people have died from coronavirus in Washington state. The state reports 242,989 people have been tested and of those, 16,674 have tested positive. That’s a rate of 6.9%. That number has stayed steady for two days.

11:28am – The city of Seattle will have about 60 ambassadors to keep people moving through Seattle’s parks this weekend, KIRO 7 reports. Many parks, including Alki Beach, Cal Anderson, Carkeek, Discovery, Gas Works, Golden Gardens, and Green Lake close at 8pm to deter barbecues and bonfires. Check for details on park closures here.

8:55am – Of the 10 counties that Governor Jay Inslee’s office identified as eligible to apply to bypass Phase 1 of the state’s reopening, five counties have been accepted, and another three applications are pending. But Jefferson County, although it meets the criteria, is pressing the pause button. Read more.

7:17am – Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions, has died. He was 75. Horn died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, according to a statement released by a publicist. Read more. Read more from AP.

Friday, May 8

5:47pm – GOP gubernatorial candidate Joshua Freed is suing Gov. Inslee over the ban on religious gatherings included in the stay-at-home order.

“The basis of the lawsuit is that our constitutional rights, when it comes to religious liberties, have been violated under Jay Inslee’s arbitrary directives,” Freed said.

Previously, the attorney general and the governor have argued that there can not be prayer or Bible study, but physical counseling was allowed, Freed explained on the Jason Rantz Show. On today’s call with the court, Freed said the judge pressed Attorney General Bob Ferguson who said they cannot and will not enforce the ability of somebody to have Bible study and prayer under the definition of “spiritual counseling.” This is not a final ruling on the lawsuit, but for Freed, this is a victory.

“It was a major victory. After two weeks of the Attorney General and the governor arguing that we didn’t have the right to those religious liberties, they backed off on saying that we cannot have these gatherings of any number,” Freed said, as long as social distancing measures are being followed, of course.

Listen to Freed’s interview on the Jason Rantz Show here. 

4:29pm – King County says the latest transmission rate could be rising across the county and the rest of Western Washington. Last week’s report from the Institute for Disease Modeling showed the effective reproductive number had dropped below 1.0 in King County between March 29 and April 15. But new data shows that number has likely been inching up again since about April 6.  In Western Washington, that reproductive number on April 22 was between 0.61 and 1.39 (or researchers estimate at about 1.0).

“It’s clear that the course of the epidemic in Washington remains sensitive to changes in social distancing,” said Dr. Mike Famulare, Principal Research Scientist at IDM. “We all—scientists, policymakers, everyone in Washington—face a difficult challenge in the coming weeks as our day-to-day lives will be in flux as we are forced to respond quickly to slow transmission and save lives.”

3:40pm – Health officials say 905 people have died from coronavirus in Washington state, an increase of 14 since Thursday. As many as 235,835 people have been tested and of those, 16,388 people have tested positive — and increase of 157 since Thursday. The rate of positive tests has finally dropped below 7% to 6.9%. A dropping number could be due to an increase in testing, but the range of tests reported remains from 4,000-6,000 each day.

3:03pm – Gov. Inslee displayed this graph to describe the R naught rate of infection in Washington state.

2:44pm – “We’ve opened up more outdoor recreation and it means more people will be out.” Inslee reminded people to avoid crowds and practice good trail etiquette during a beautiful weekend in Washington.

2:40pm – Gov. Inslee said the state is working on opening up curbside retails sales and landscaping.  He also said they’ve received approved five counties (Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Ferry and Pend Orielle) for moving on to Phase Two. Others are pending further review.

2:04pm – If you see two C-17 Globemaster IIIs flying overhead, it’s the Air Force’s tribute to health care workers. They’re flying Friday between noon and 3pm. Snap a photo and share it on the 62nd Airlift Wing’s Facebook page. Read more.

12:34pm – With families currently doing what they can to stay home, Washington health officials are worried that babies and children “aren’t getting all the vaccines they need to protect them.”

That being so, the state Department of Health is urging parents to make appointments “right away” for any immunizations a child may have missed.

11:32am – There’s a good deal of anxiety around when Washington will be able to fully reopen. Businesses are struggling, hundreds of thousands of the state’s residents are out of work, and tensions are running high. That’s all combined for a push from some to flout the advice of health experts and rush through the process of relaxing social distancing restrictions. Read more from MyNorthwest’s Nick Bowman. 

10:40am – Some will call this another shot on the “war on cars” in Seattle. Others will say it makes the city safer. No matter what you think of it, Seattle is closing 20 miles of city streets permanently. Read more. 

9:31am – If you’re wondering what your summer will look like, a psychologist says it’ll likely be angry. Then you can expect a depressing fall. Read more. 

8:47am – Gov. Inslee will be delivering a press conference today at 2:30 p.m., to provide an update on “the state’s phased approach to re-opening the economy.”

7:35am – Testing infrastructure in the United States continues to lag, with Harvard’s Global Health Institute estimating that the U.S. needs to be doing upwards of 900,000 tests daily to manage the spread of the virus.

As of this week, the U.S is averaging just over 264,000 tests a day.

6:54am – We’ve had toilet paper shortages. We’ve sanitizer shortages. We’re in the middle of a meat shortage. Now, we might be having a freezer shortage. Read more. 

5:51am – The unemployment rate in the United States topped out at 14.7% in April, with 20.5 million people losing their jobs. Those mark the highest rates since the Great Depression.

5:26am – According to new data from the Washington State Department of Health, new coronavirus cases in Washington have remained “stubbornly flat,” while “some Washington counties have actually seen increases.”

That being so, Washington has also seem improvements in both its test and tracing infrastructure. The state’s labs recently combined to hit 6,000 tests per day for the first time, despite “near term constraints) thanks to a lack of swab kits.

Thursday, May 7

5:24pm – The city of Seattle said it will permanently close 20 miles of streets it shut down as part of a Stay Home, Stay Health initiative. The closures were to allow more pedestrians and bike riders to enjoy the streets while social distancing. Read more.

3:46pm – Health officials say 16,231 people have tested positive, out of 230,680, for coronavirus in Washington state. Of those, 891 people have died. That’s an increase of 21 people since Wednesday. The percent positive is 7.0%, the first time it’s been that low since mid-March.

3:32pm – Seattle’s proposed tax on big business is blocked, at least for now, and the coronavirus pandemic is getting the blame. Read more.

1:50pm – Meghan DeBolt, Director of Community Health for Walla Walla County, is walking back her earlier claim that county residents were holding coronavirus parties, according to KHQ.

Debolt made the original claim in the Union Bulletin.

“We don’t know when it is happening. It’s after the fact that we hear from cases. We ask about contacts, and there are 25 people because: ‘We were at a COVID party,’” DeBolt offered as an example.

She said new cases in the county have resulted from such parties.

DeBolt told KHQ on Wednesday that the parties weren’t held to purposely spread coronavirus, but people at the parties didn’t care if someone in attendance had tested positive.

We've been getting reports of “coronavirus parties” where uninfected people are mingling with #COVID19 positive individuals intentionally to try to contract the virus. Bad idea! This is dangerous and puts people at risk for hospitalization or even death. https://t.co/3hZYF7KjQN

— WA Dept. of Health (@WADeptHealth) May 7, 2020

12:22pm – As co-workers, families, and friends are turning to video conferences to interact while everyone is at home, so are businesses and institutions, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more. 

11:31am – At least seven counties have now applied for waivers to move through the reopening phases faster. That includes Kittitas, Columbia, Garfield, Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens and Lincoln Counties.

As of Thursday, six of these applications are pending approval. Stevens County is not currently eligible because it has had at least one new COVID-19 case in the last three weeks. State officials say they will revisit that application “when they become eligible.”

In order to qualify for this variance, a county must have a population under 75,000, and no residents with COVID-19 for three weeks. Counties under 75,000 people that have had a new case in the last three weeks can still be eligible provided they demonstrate adequate hospital capacity and PPE supplies.

11:26am – Even while Washington residents continue to grapple with the fallout from the coronavirus crisis, the housing market in the Puget Sound region has actually remained largely consistent. Read more. 

10:08am – Weekly unemployment claims in Washington decreased between April 26 and May 2, but still “remain at record levels,” according to the state Employment Security Department.

Last week, there were just over 100,000 initial claims filed, roughly 37,000 fewer than the previous week, but almost 20,000 more than the week prior to that.

9:21am – Even while many states have started relaxing social distancing measures, decreases in daily COVID-19 cases in Washington and the rest of the U.S. have begun to slow. Columbia University virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen talked with KIRO Radio’s Gee and Ursula to figure out why that is. Read more. 

8:24am – A personal valet for President Trump has tested positive for COVID-19 according to a Thursday report from CNN.

The valet is a member of the U.S. Navy, as part of a military unite that works closely to the President and his family. The White House reports that President Trump and Vice President Pence have since tested negative for the virus and “remain in great health” according to a White House spokesperson.

8:03am – Billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban joined KIRO Nights Wednesday night to offer a measured take on what taxpayers should demand when bailing out the country’s failing large corporations during the coronavirus crisis. Read more.  

7:25am – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Director Dr. Chris Murray spoke to CNN’s Don Lemon Wednesday, to emphasize the need for more testing, contact tracing, and minimized contact with others to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic in the days ahead.

6:27am – A report from the Associated Press revealed Thursday that the Trump Administration quietly shelved a 17-page document from the CDC researched and written to aid in the process of gradually reopening the country.

The document was originally scheduled to be published last Friday. Ultimately, CDC scientists were told it “would never see the light of day.”

5:29am – Gov. Inslee spoke out Wednesday against the movement to end the state’s ongoing stay-at-home order.

“It’s about biological ignorance and human heartlessness,” Inslee told CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “It’s just trying to ignore the clear science of biology, which from an epidemiological standpoint is very clear that if we abandon our efforts, this beast is going to get off the floor and bite us back.”

This comes as Republican lawmakers in Washington have filed a lawsuit against the stay-at-home order, while calling the governor “irresponsible” for reopening the state too slowly.

Wednesday, May 6

4:33pm – Health officials say 15,905 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Washington state, that’s an increase of 311 cases since Tuesday. They say 870 people have died from the virus. The state says 224,813 people across the state have been tested. The rate of positive tests sits at 7.1%. That number hasn’t changed since at least Monday.

3:49pm – A study from Sleepopolis suggests that we’re getting more sleep during the coronavirus pandemic. The study says Washingtonians who are now working from home are sleeping an extra 18.4 hours per month. The study suggests the lack of a commute is contributing to more time for slumber.

2:12pm – Snohomish County health officials say there are 2,832 positive cases in the county. Currently 55 people are hospitalized. Over 1,700 people have recovered and 113 people have died.

1:47pm – Nordstrom is preparing to close 16 of its 116 full-line stores nationwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has dramatically impacted retail stores and businesses. Read more.

12:15pm – Unemployment numbers are trending higher than ever, and a lot of Americans now unemployed work in hospitality, food service, and the restaurant industry. Nationwide and locally, restaurants are struggling to survive without dine-in service.

Luckily, Ivar’s, the Seattle based seafood restaurant chain founded in 1938, is surviving the closures with takeout and pick-up orders, and four drive-thru locations. Read more. 

11:28am – Health experts have been speaking out recently with concerns over a potential rebound in coronavirus cases in states relaxing social distancing measures.

“We’re risking a backslide that will be intolerable,” Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity told the Associated Press.

Read more from AP. 

10:36am – A small handful of courses at Everett Community College have reportedly been approved to resume in person, beginning Thursday, May 6, according to the school’s student-run paper, The Everett Clipper.

The list of approved classes includes: Emergency Medical Services, Firefighter Academy, Medical Assisting, Nursing, and Phlebotomy Technician.

10:17am – Soldiers and airmen with the Washington National Guard have now sorted over 7 million pounds of food, while packing 867,000 meals for food banks across the state.

9:31am -Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan spoke out in a recent interview against a proposed big business tax to fund coronavirus relief from Councilmembers Kshama Sawant and Tammy Morales. Read more. 

8:39am – As Washington begins to relax some of its social distancing measures, health officials have found that daily cases have largely stopped decreasing in any sort of meaningful way.

“We have been stuck on about 200 cases a day for awhile,” Dr. Kathy Lofy with the Washington State Department of Health told KIRO Radio.

She says infection rates are falling or holding steady in most places, but are increasing in Yakima and Skagit counties, while the number of hospitalizations has actually decreased.

8:14am – Responding to reports that White House coronavirus task force would be winding down by the end of May, President Trump clarified that it would instead be refocusing on reopening the U.S. economy.

“We’re now looking at a little bit of a different form, and that form is safety and opening. And we’ll — we’ll have a different group probably set up for that,” he said Tuesday.

7:21am– Thousands of golfers hit their first shots in over a month at courses around Washington state yesterday, the first day of play since Gov. Inslee’s ban on golfing ended. Read more. 

6:28am – Washington restaurants are concerned about their ability to survive, even when they’re able to reopen at 50% capacity sometime around late-May/early-June. Read more from KTTH’s Jason Rantz. 

5:30am – COVID-19 “parties” have begun to surface in parts of Eastern Washington, the Washington State Emergency Management Department confirmed Tuesday.

The reports come from officials in Walla Walla, “where noninfected people mingle with an infected person in an effort to catch the virus.” The goal of these “parties” is reportedly to develop herd immunity, something health experts have not been able to confirm the effectiveness of yet.

“This is extremely dangerous and unwise,” the EMD cautioned.

“This undermines Public Health’s effort to protect our community, the most vulnerable and puts healthcare workers at risk. Please DO NOT do this,” Fred Hutch researcher Dr. Steven Pergam agreed.

Tuesday, May 5

5:49pm – Gov. Inslee and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal kicked off Career Connected Learning Month this week with CareerConnect@Home, providing daily learning opportunities to students statewide. Real people doing real jobs in Washington will speak with students every school day at 3:30 p.m. through a secure link.

“We launched Career Connect Washington to help provide students with pathways to job training and higher education right here in our state,” Inslee said. “CareerConnect@Home is a way for students to explore those pathways during this ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy’ period. It’s more important than ever for students and parents to be looking toward the future and this is a great opportunity to do that.”

Weekly themes include “Technology and Innovation,” “Building Washington,” “Be a Boss,” and “Lead Your Community.” The Career Connect Washington initiative was originally launched in 2017.

5:23pm – Thurston County parks will reopen for public, daily use Wednesday. Burfoot, Frye Cove, Kenneydell and Deschutes Falls parks will reopen, as well as the Off-Leash Dog Park and Closed Loop Park located near the Waste and Recovery Center (WARC) in Hawks Prairie.

“The Board’s decision to reopen our county parks is an attempt to provide county residents an opportunity to care for their mental and physical well-being with options to safely recreate locally here in the county,” said County Manager, Ramiro Chavez. “Given the nature of this pandemic, use of playground equipment will continue to be prohibited, along with other group amenities, but people can access park trails and green spaces using appropriate social distancing.”

4:12pm – Gov. Inslee said in his news conference that it’s easy to forget that these are more than numbers.

“They represent human lives,” Inslee said. “They represent fathers and mothers that are gone, and some middle-age people.”

4:05pm  – Health officials say 219,453 people have been tested for coronavirus in Washington state, and 15,594 people have tested positive. That’s a rate of 7.1%, a number that has slowly been dropping since April 14.

The state said it would ideally like to be able to test 20,000 to 30,000 people daily. Currently, there have been about 4,500 tests reported daily. Overall, 862 people have died from coronavirus in Washington state.

3:58pm – Gov. Inslee said they’ll have protocols for the industries included in Phase 1 of the reopening plan by the end of the week.

3:55pm – Gov. Inslee said he briefly looked at a lawsuit brought on by Republican lawmakers Tuesday against his stay-at-home order.

“It would be a horrific surprise to the over 800 families who’ve already lost a loved one to say that this isn’t a crisis,” Inslee said during his Tuesday news conference. “We can’t have a good economy without a healthy Washington.”

Inslee said he vigorously disagrees with these lawmakers, calling them dangerous.

3:43pm – Governor Inslee announced on Tuesday three advisory groups to help reopen the economy in Washington state. They’ll be led by Secretary of Health John Wiesman, Cheryl Strange, secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, and Lisa Brown, Washington Commerce Director. Read more.

2:42pm – King County Parks says it’ll reopen parks and trails on Friday, May 8 with restrictions. Restrooms, play areas, sports courts, and picnic shelters will remain closed. Parking lots, trailheads, fields, docks and boat launches will also open up. The off-leash dog area at Marymoor Park will reopen, as well. Officials are asking you to keep it moving, and refrain from playing in team sports or from forming large gatherings.

1:20pm – A handful of Republican lawmakers have now filed a lawsuit against Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order. You can read the full details of the lawsuit in the filing document here.

11:46am – Seattle-King County Public Health confirmed reports that COVID-19 cases have been more prevalent among the county’s more diverse areas demographically, with “higher rates in South Seattle and South King County.”

“The locations of higher rates of cases generally overlay with where there are larger concentrations of communities of color,” it said Tuesday.

11:01am – While some social distancing measures in Washington have begun to relax starting Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan intimated recently that large stadium events aren’t likely to return anytime soon. Read more. 

10:24am – UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation updated its predictive model this week, including “smoother daily death trends, updated leading indicators of death, correction of reported cases as testing increases, improved peak and shape predictions, and added changes in mobility.”

The model now predicts that U.S. coronavirus deaths will nearly double between now and late summer, from just over 65,000 as of May 5 to an estimated 134,000 by August 4.

9:11am – More bad news for Seattle’s tourism industry: Carnival Cruise Line has canceled the rest of its season through Seattle. Read more. 

8:06am – With many states weighing vote-by-mail systems for the November general election, Washington is helping disprove claims that such a system would encourage voter fraud. Read more. 

7:13am – Guns n Roses bassist and Seattle resident Duff McKagan has been standing up to help the city’s medical professionals, donating 1,000 masks to UW Medicine, and promising “1,000 more masks coming this week.”

6:15am – Some Washington businesses are in revolt, keeping their doors open and services available to customers despite Governor Jay Inslee’s coronavirus stay-at-home order. Read more from KTTH’s Jason Rantz. 

5:33am – Washington’s road to reopening begins today, marked by the start of Phase 1 of Gov. Inslee’s “Start Safe” plan.

Phase 1 will include the reopening of some outdoor recreation, including hunting, fishing, golf, boating, and hiking. Businesses allowed to reopen will include automobile sales, landscaping, car washes, pet walkers, and retail (on the condition that locations provide curb-side pickup service only).

Additionally, counties with populations under 75,000 with no new cases of coronavirus for three weeks can apply to move through the various reopening phases faster.

Monday, May 4

5:50pm – Seattle Public Schools has been providing breakfast and lunch five days a week at 26 school-based meal distribution sites since March 12, 2020. The district said thanks to the work of the staff and expanded partnerships with local groups, the number of meals served continues to trend upward. There have been an average of 6,500 students served daily, or approximately 13,000 daily meals.

4:41pm – Health officials say 15,462 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Washington state. Of those, 841 people have died, an increase of seven people since Sunday. The increase in cases since yesterday is 277. The rate of positive cases is 7.1%, the lowest it’s been since mid-March.

4:16pm – Bob Martin, at the Stag Barbershop in Snohomish County, has been cutting hair in defiance of Governor Inslee’s order. Martin told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson that he felt more comfortable reopening after Sheriff Adam Fortney’s public criticism. Read more.

2:33pm – Some businesses could re-open as early as next week under a new order signed by Gov. Inslee today. Under the “Start Safe” plan, smaller counties could apply for a variance from the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order, which would allow modifications of business closures and physical distancing measures. Inslee introduced the variance on Friday during his announcement to extend the stay-at-home order.

“This phased approach to re-opening our economy will allow us to move forward with a careful and thoughtful balance of our state’s health and economic needs,” Inslee said. “However, if infection rates and hospitalizations for COVID-related issues go up, I would not hesitate to scale these efforts back down to protect public health and save lives.

“I fully recognize the impact this is having on families, workers and businesses, but we have not yet won the fight against this virus,” Inslee continued.

12:35pm – Some in Washington are losing their patience for social distancing measures, and the timing could prove problematic for the long term outlook of the state’s coronavirus response. Read more from MyNorthwest’s Nick Bowman. 

11:33am – Some outdoor recreation is set to reopen in Washington tomorrow — here’s what you need to know, courtesy of the state Department of Natural Resources.

10:37am – The University of Washington is tracking the mental health of 500 people in King County to see how they’re coping with the state’s ongoing shutdown. Read more. 

9:40am – Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan hinted in a recent interview at a partnership among large West Coast cities to acquire things like personal protective equipment and test kits in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus crisis. Read more. 

8:52am – Internal projections from the Trump Administration now reportedly predict the U.S. could see as many as 3,000 daily coronavirus deaths by June 1, roughly double what the country is seeing right now, and more than all but one day since the outbreak began.

This comes as many states have already begun relaxing social distancing measures.

8:36am – Good luck finding a tee time on the golf course this week. Golfers filled up the schedules right after the governor announced that play could begin, with restrictions, on Tuesday. Read more.

7:50am – An Amazon Vice President resigned last Friday, “in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of COVID-19.”

Tim Bray worked at the company for just over five years, detailing his decision to leave in a blog post on his personal website.

“Remaining an Amazon VP would have meant, in effect, signing off on actions I despised. So I resigned,” he described.

In April, Amazon fired a pair of Seattle employees after they spoke out publicly against conditions in the company’s warehouses during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

7:06am – The Washington State Employment Security Department dealt with a glitch in its system over the weekend, that had the “file a weekly claim” option removed for some claimants.

The glitch has reportedly been resolved, and all people should now be able to file claims.

6:12am – Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney is facing a possible recall fight, after publicly blasting Gov. Inslee’s stay-at-home order. Read more. 

5:29am –  There was more verbal sparring between President Trump and Gov. Jay Inslee over the weekend, after the President complained that the Washington governor “always needs something” during calls related to coronavirus aid.

Trump reportedly told Inslee that if Washington needs more testing swabs, “why don’t you get them yourself.”

Inslee commented Sunday that the federal government was in fact delivering swabs to Washington anyway.

“Pres. Trump can’t even seem to tell the truth when he’s helping,” Inslee said. “(Health and Human Services) told me that call they are sending us hundreds of thousands of swabs, and confirmed it days ago.”

Updates from last week

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