Just 2.3 percent of Washington state’s population has been tested for COVID-19.

Testing in Kitsap County is nearly half that, according to an analysis of reported tests conducted in Washington state by the Review.

Washington state health officials said a total of 13,521 residents statewide have tested positive for COVID-19, as of 11:59 p.m. Saturday, April 25.

The Washington State Department of Health also reported that total deaths from the disease totaled 749 in the state.

Based on the numbers of people tested statewide, using 2019 population estimates conducted by the state, that means only 2.3 percent of the state’s population has received a COVID-19 test. (Washington state had an estimated population of 7,546,410 in 2019.)

Kitsap County has a population estimate of 270,100, and a total of 3,333 tests for COVID-19 have been done on Kitsap residents through Saturday. That puts the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Kitsap at 1.2 percent of the county’s total population.

(While state and local officials have been announcing percentages of people tested on a daily basis since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, those figures show only the number of people who have been tested and the percent of positive cases — not the number of COVID-19 tests as they relate to overall population figures.)

There have been two fatalities in Kitsap County through Monday that have been linked to the coronavirus.

The number of deaths in Kitsap County, based on the number of confirmed COVID-19 test results, is 1.3 percent of those who have been tested.

Testing has been limited nationwide due a shortage of tests and testing supplies.

Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee called on the White House to create a national testing system.

In an April 21 letter to Vice President Mike Pence, Inslee said Washington state was attempting to get more tests, but needed federal assistance to get the millions of test kits needed for Washington state’s population.

“My state, for example, is working to procure 2.5 million test collection kits to support optimal testing levels, but we are nowhere near that today,” Inslee said in the letter. “Just as a driver cannot travel their full distance on a quarter-tank of gas, we cannot unlock the full capacity of our labs without additional testing supplies and infrastructure from the federal government.”

Currently, only 4,000 tests a day can be completed in Washington state labs.

Inslee said earlier that number needs to rise to 20,000 to 30,000 tests a day.