The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

As of Tuesday, April 28 at 10 a.m. Walla Walla County had 61 positive cases for COVID-19, with five individuals currently hospitalized. Columbia County has one positive case, Benton and Franklin Counties have 853 confirmed cases with 43 deaths.

Walla Walla County is linking nine positive cases to Tyson Fresh Meats, five to FirstFruits, Inc. and seven cases to long term care facilities (employee or resident).

Benton-Franklin Counties link 130 cases to long term care/senior living residents, 101 cases to long term care/senior living staff, 114 positive cases to Tyson Fresh Meats, and 129* cases to healthcare facility employees.

(*Healthcare facility employees may also be counted in long term care facility staff.)

Nationwide, there are 990,135 confirmed positive cases and 56,876 Americans have lost their lives.