There are now six confirmed cases of COVID-19 east of the Cascades in three counties. Washington has 366 cases, with 30 confirmed deaths due to the novel coronavirus, but those numbers are constantly changing and will be updated later today.

Kittitas County announced a 56-year-old man tested positive for the respiratory virus today. He is the third case and is unrelated to two previously announced cases in the county. The Kittitas County Public Health Department has notified all close contacts of the man with a confirmed case. but

A 67-year-old woman who has tested positive as well as her close family contact are both in stable health, a release from the local health department. The majority of close contacts of the county’s first two patients occurred outside of Kittitas County.

The Yakima Health District learned late Wednesday night that two residents have confirmed cases of COVID-19, and both people are in isolation.

Grant County continues to have one confirmed case of COVID-19, in a Quincy resident in his 80s who died March 8.

The Washington State Department of Health updates its confirmed case count and test result numbers every day around 2 p.m.

This story is developing and will be updated.