Thurston County adds 50 new COVID-19 cases Monday
Thurston County reported 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
Last week the county added 435 COVID-19 cases, a new weekly high and a sign that recent statewide restrictions aren’t curbing the spread here. Those restrictions were recently extended.
The county now has 3,988 total cases. Of those, 247 patients have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, including 19 in the past week, and 49 have died.
In the past week, 8.9 percent of COVID-19 tests in Thurston County have come back positive, more than four times the rate public health officials want to see.
The county also is reporting 14 COVID-19 outbreaks at area congregate care settings. As of Dec. 6, 11 of the 14 outbreaks were identified at four nursing homes, three assisted living facilities, three supported living facilities and one adult family home.
Thurston County ranks 11th among the state’s 39 counties in the number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
In the region
▪ Pierce County added 194 cases Monday and has now reported a total of 21,661 cases and 259 deaths. Pierce has the second-highest case totals in the state.
▪ Lewis County reported 14 news cases on Monday for a total of 1,668 cases and 18 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County announced 60 new cases Monday, giving the county 1,478 total cases with 17 deaths.
▪ Mason County reported 38 additional cases Monday, bringing the total to 1,009 positive cases. One more Mason resident has died of COVID-19, bringing that total to 12.
Around the nation, state and world
The state Department of Health has reported 202,063 cases and 2,879 deaths as of Monday. Washington state is now 29th among the states in terms of COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
In the U.S., more than 16.6 million cases had been reported with more than 303,000 deaths as of Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, 73.2 million cases had been reported and 1.63 million people had died as of Tuesday, the data show.
This story was originally published December 14, 2020 at 5:10 PM.