Thurston County announces 17 new COVID-19 cases on Monday

Correction: This story previously misreported Sunday’s case data as Monday’s. It has since been updated to reflect Monday’s true data.

Thurston County announced 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and one more person has died of the virus, a man in his 80s.

Last week ended with 148 cases, the most in one week since the county began tracking the virus in early March. The previous three weeks have all seen over 100 cases.

Monday’s new cases include one person aged 0-10, two people aged 10-20, two people in their 20s, three people in their 30s, two people in their 40s, three people in their 50s, three people in their 60s, and one person in their 80s.

The county’s total now stands at 1,610.

Of the total, 1,210 people have recovered or are recovering, 110 have been hospitalized at some point in their illness, and 21 have died.

There are five ongoing congregate care outbreaks, down from six over the weekend.

IN THE REGION

▪ Pierce County added 54 cases on Monday, giving the county a total of 9,196 cases and 185 deaths.

▪ Lewis County reported two new cases on Sunday for a total of 676 and 12 deaths.

▪ Grays Harbor County announced 10 new cases Thursday night for a total of 628 with 11 deaths.

▪ Mason County reported five new cases on Friday for a total of 527 with eight deaths.

AROUND THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD

The state Department of Health reported 460 new cases and 19 deaths on Monday to give the state 98,661 cases with 2,258 deaths.

In the U.S., more than 8.1 million cases have been reported and more than 219,000 people have died as of Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Globally, more than 40 million cases have been reported and more than 1.1 million people have died as of Monday, the data show.

This story was originally published October 19, 2020 at 3:45 PM.