GEORGE — More than 160 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed among people who attended the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre, the Grant County Health District said Friday.
“The outbreak is the first one traced to an outdoor entertainment event since the lifting of statewide COVID-19 prevention measures at the end of June,” Laina Mitchell, with Grant County Health District, said in a news release.
More than 25,000 fans packed the Gorge for the three-day outdoor country music festival July 30 to Aug. 1, the Seattle Times reported. It marked the state’s biggest concert since the pandemic hit.
The cases are tied to residents in multiple Washington state counties and one Oregon resident.