Washington State CCP Virus Hospitalizations Drop 20 Percent: Officials

People wear masks as they walk past a CCP virus awareness sign outside the World Health Organization in Washington on March 30, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Hospitalizations for Washington state residents with the CCP virus have dropped this week for the first time in more than a month.

The state Department of Health showed there was a decline in hospitalizations for symptoms of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, from 251 last week to 193 this week. That includes symptoms such as shortness of breath and pneumonia, officials told the Seattle Times.