3 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 increases Thurston County total to 107
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 107 on Thursday after county health officials identified three more people with the disease.
A man in his 60s, a woman in her 50s and a woman in her 40s were the latest cases, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services, which has been tracking the disease locally since early March.
The three new cases increase the total for the week to seven, the data show. Of the 107 total cases, 97 people are considered to have recovered or are recovering, plus the county has had one death, a man in his 80s. That means there are nine active cases in the county.
“For Thurston County, the pandemic curve has flattened, thanks to all our sacrifices,” said Diana Yu, acting Thurston County health officer, in a letter to the community this week. “Elsewhere in Washington state people are all experiencing different levels of the pandemic. Some communities are just seeing their first few cases, while others have seen their cases declining, and still others are having a big spike up in their cases.”
She said it is not yet time to ease up on coronvirus-related restrictions.
In the region:
▪ Pierce County cases, which seem to jump by double-digits daily, added another 29 on Thursday to give the county 1,430 cases with 51 deaths.
▪ Lewis County now has 29 cases with three deaths.
▪ Mason County has 24 cases with one death.
▪ Grays Harbor County is still reporting only 12 cases.
Around the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health reported 257 new COVID-19 cases and 13 additional deaths on Thursday, bringing the state totals to 14,327 cases and 814 deaths.
More than 1 million people have contracted the disease in the U.S., and more than 62,000 who have died from it, according to Centers for Disease Control data. No community in the U.S. has been hit harder than New York City, which has lost more than 18,000 people to the disease.
Globally, there had been 3.3 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 237,000 deaths as of Friday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
This story was originally published April 30, 2020 at 5:20 PM.
