Woman in her 20s is latest case of COVID-19 in Thurston County, health officials say
A woman in her 20s was the latest person to contract the respiratory disease known as COVID-19, Thurston County health officials announced Wednesday.
The new case gives the county 104 cases to date and four this week, Thuston County Public Health and Social Services data show.
One person, a man in his 80s, died from the disease, while 97 patients have either recovered or are recovering from the illness.
That gives the county six active cases, the data show.
In the region:
▪ Pierce County, where cases continue to jump daily, has more than 1,400 with 51 deaths.
▪ Lewis County has 28 cases with three deaths.
▪ Mason County has 23 cases with one death.
▪ Grays Harbor County is still reporting only 12 cases.
Around the state, nation and world
Washington state is home to more than 13,800 cases and nearly 800 deaths, according to the state Department of Health.
The U.S. leads the world with more than a million confirmed cases and 60,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. About one-third of those deaths have been reported in New York City.
Globally, the disease has afflicted more than three million people and killed more than 200,000, the data show.
