7 new COVID-19 cases in Thurston County Monday, total now 251
Thurston County Public Health and Social Services on Monday announced seven new cases of COVID-19, which continue to skew toward young people.
The latest diagnoses were in a girl under age 10, a girl between the ages of 10 and 19, a man in his 20s, a man and woman in their 30s, a man in his 40s, and a woman in her 50s.
A total of 251 residents of Thurston County have been diagnosed with the respiratory disease since the first case was announced here March 11. Of that total, 221 are considered “recovered” or “recovering,” meaning they’re no longer on public health-ordered isolation, and four have died due to complications related to the disease.
Thirty-three residents have been hospitalized at some point in their illness.
There have been two congregate care setting outbreaks — one at at Olympics West Retirement Inn in Tumwater and the other at Infinite Care Adult Family Home in Lacey. The county considers the situation at Olympics West “ongoing,” as of Monday.
At this point, the age breakdown of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Thurston County is:
- 19 and younger: 17 cases (7 percent)
- 20-29: 43 cases (17 percent)
- 30-39: 28 cases (11 percent)
- 40-49: 48 cases (19 percent)
- 50-59: 42 cases (17 percent)
- 60-69: 36 cases (14 percent)
- 70-79: 20 cases (8 percent)
- 80 and older: 17 cases (7 percent)
In the region
▪ Pierce County announced 21 cases and no new deaths on Monday, increasing its total to 2,507 cases with 87 deaths.
▪ Lewis County announced one new case Monday, in a resident in their 40s, bringing its total to 70 cases and three deaths. Two more cases are now considered recovered, bringing its total number of people who have recovered to 33.
▪ Mason County reported one new case, a man in his 50s, for a total of 47 cases and one death.
▪ Grays Harbor County was still reporting 25 cases.
Around the state, nation and world
Washington state has reported 32,253 confirmed positive cases and 1,320 deaths, according to the state Department of Health.
In the U.S., more than 2.5 million people have contracted the virus and more than 125,900 have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Globally, 10.1 million people have been diagnosed and more than 502,000 have died.
This story was originally published June 29, 2020 at 3:26 PM.
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