COVID updates: Seattle Public Schools K-5 students return to classrooms Students leave Seattle's Thurgood Marshal Elementary school in March 2020. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) The state Department of Health says there have been over 344,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in Washington, and 5,278 people have died from the virus statewide. The state says 3,471,343 doses of vaccine have been administered. Check below for more updates. Washington state is currently in Phase 1B, Tiers 3 and 4, of vaccine distribution, which includes all people 60 years and older, people 16 years or older with two or more co-morbidities or underlying conditions, restaurant workers, people who live or work in certain congregate settings, and more. Anyone who was eligible in an earlier phase or tier remains eligible now.