Thurston County adds 23 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday

Thurston County added 23 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and one more person has died of the virus, a man in his 80s.

Monday’s cases include five children 9 or younger, 10 people in their 20s, five in their 30s, two in their 40s, and one in their 80s.

The county now has 2,121 total cases. Of those 1,640 have recovered or are recovering, 140 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, and 39 have died, including five in the past seven days.

There are 12 ongoing congregate care setting outbreaks, the same as on Sunday.

In the region

▪ Pierce County on Monday announced 90 cases and two new deaths, a man in his 50s from Tacoma and a man in his 70s from Tacoma. The county has now reported 11,490 cases and 203 deaths.

▪ Lewis County reported that zero new cases were confirmed Monday. The county’s total remains at 781 cases and 12 deaths.

▪ Grays Harbor County added 37 cases on Sunday, giving the county 808 cases with 15 deaths. The county says 61 cases are currently “active.”

▪ Mason County reported 15 additional cases on Monday for a total of 622 with 10 deaths.

Around the state, nation and world

The state Department of Health on Monday reported 1,239 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 21 new deaths, giving the state 118,570 cases and 2,460 deaths.

The U.S. reported a total of 10.2 million cases as of Tuesday, with more than 239,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Globally, 51.3 million cases had been reported and nearly 1.27 million people had died as of Tuesday, the data show.

This story was originally published November 9, 2020 at 6:58 PM.