Thurston County COVID-19 cases rise to 962 after county announces 10 more on Thursday
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 962 after Thurston County announced 10 more cases on Thursday.
The new cases were a man and woman in their 50s and a man in his 40s, but the seven remaining cases were men and women in their 20s, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
Those 20-29 are the largest demographic to contract the virus in the county, or 210 cases to date, representing 22 percent of the overall total of 962, county data show.
Of the 962 cases, 785 people have recovered or are recovering, 60 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness and 12 have died. The county also has revised its congregate care setting data.
The county announced Wednesday that it had eight congregate care setting outbreaks, but revised that information on Thursday to say that it was only seven.
In a series of tweets, county Health Officer Dr. Dimyana Abdelmalek said the following: “After additional investigation by our Disease Control and Prevention staff, what we initially identified as a single case linked to a long-term care facility was not in fact linked because the individual was not present at the facility during their infectious period.”
An outbreak in a long-term healthcare facility is defined as one or more residents or healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19, according to the county.
The Thurston County Jail has been identified as having an outbreak, but other recent outbreaks have not been disclosed by the county.
In the region
▪ Pierce County reported 45 new COVID-19 cases and one new death Thursday. A man in his 60s from Tacoma with an underlying health condition died. The county’s totals are now 6,556 cases and 146 deaths.
▪ Lewis County announced two new cases, increasing the county’s total to 331 with four deaths.
▪ Mason County announced seven new cases, for a total of 331 cases and one death.
▪ Grays Harbor County had 222 total cases with six deaths as of Wednesday night.
Around the state, nation and world
Washington state had reported 72,703 cases and 1,890 deaths as of Thursday, according to the state Department of Health.
In the U.S., more than 5.8 million people had contracted the virus as of Thursday and more than 180,000 had died. Globally, more than 24 million cases had been reported and more than 829,000 had died as of Wednesday, Johns Hopkins University data show.
This story was originally published August 27, 2020 at 6:25 PM with the headline "Thurston County COVID-19 cases rise to 962 after county announces 10 more on Thursday."
