Thurston County announces 2 more COVID-19 deaths, plus overall cases grow to 1,001
The number of people who have died from COVID-19 grew by two to 14 on Monday after Thurston County Public Health and Social Services announced that a woman in her 80s and a man in his 60s have died from the virus.
The county also announced an unfortunate milestone and revised upward the number of people who have been hospitalized because of COVID-19.
In addition to the two deaths, the county confirmed nine new cases, increasing the overall total to 1,001 cases.
The new cases were a man and woman in their 40s, three women and a man in their 30s, a man in his 20s, plus a female between the ages of 10-19 and a girl between the ages of 0-9, the county data show.
Of the 1,001 cases, 811 people have recovered or are recovering, 74 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, 14 have died and there have been seven congregate care setting outbreaks, including at the Thurston County Jail.
On Sunday, 60 people were reported to have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, but that number jumped to 74 on Monday, according to the county.
County officials explained the difference on the public health website.
“A review of hospitalizations was completed on 8/31/20, which increased the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases identified as having ever been hospitalized,” the website reads.
In the region
▪ Pierce County announced 33 new cases on Monday, increasing the county case total to 6,680. Deaths were unchanged at 146.
▪ Lewis County reported three new cases to give the county 345 with four deaths. Just 165 are considered recovered.
▪ Mason County announced eight new cases for a total of 344 with one death.
▪ Grays Harbor County was reporting 245 cases with six deaths as of Sunday night.
Around the state, nation and world
Washington state had reported 74,635 cases and 1,915 deaths as of Monday afternoon, according to the state Department of Health.
In the U.S., there have been more than 6 million cases and more than 183,000 deaths as of Monday, Johns Hopkins University data show. Globally, 25.3 million cases and about 848,000 deaths had been reported as of Monday, the data show.
This story was originally published August 31, 2020 at 4:31 PM.
