The Washington Department of Health has reported a new record number of cases tallied in a single day.
State officials confirmed 6,235 new cases on Dec. 24, The Seattle Times reported.
The state’s previous single-day record number of cases was 5,526 cases on Dec. 7, 2020. Dec. 24 also marked the first time Washington state reported over 6,000 cases in a single day.
The spike in cases mirrors that of other U.S. cities as the super-infectious omicron variant has become dominant and pushed daily counts past the peak of the delta variant wave.
State health officials also confirmed 3,847 new cases and 17 deaths on Monday, bringing the state’s totals to 834,235 cases and 9,801 deaths.
King County also reported its highest number of daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic on Monday. The county has seen a 195% increase in cases in the past seven days, averaging 1,586 infections per day, according to the county’s COVID-19 data dashboard.
Local health officials have been predicting that a surge could overwhelm the region’s health-care systems and disrupt businesses and schools.
