COVID-19 claims 1 more life in Benton county

PASCO, Wash. - New numbers were released today from the Benton Franklin Health District. A Benton County man in his 80s died from complications with COVID-19. That brings the total to 5 deaths related to the virus.

On top of that, the Health District says there are now 54 lab-confirmed positive cases in our counties and 21 other probable cases. With all of the testing being done, the amount of tests that have come back negative has drastically jumped to 580.