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https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article249251665.html

The south central region of Washington state that includes the Tri Cities, Yakima and Walla Walla will move to Phase 2 of the “Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery” immediately, after a hospital’s data-reporting error was discovered, the state Department of Health announced Sunday,

The region had previously been the only one of the state’s eight regions to be stuck in Phase 1 after target metrics for reopening were re-evaluated last week.

Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla had been reporting its data incorrectly, according to the Department of Health. It was reporting all of its COVID-19 patients, not just new COVID-19 patients, an email from Gov. Jay Inslee’s office reads. The error skewed the data sent to the state Department of Health, which calculates data for the Healthy Washington metrics.