by Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square | May 04, 2021 01:00 PM Print this article Several Washington counties face a move back into a more restrictive phase of Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 recovery plan. The Washington State Department of Health is reevaluating the state’s COVID-19 data, deliberating whether counties in Phase 3 of public health guidelines need to be knocked back into the more restrictive Phase 2 classification. The agency moved three counties – Cowlitz, Pierce and Whitman – back to Phase 2 on April 16. It was reassessing public health data Monday and will announce any changes Tuesday. The state will reexamine metrics again in late May.