Thurston County COVID-19 cases rise by 51 Saturday
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Thurston County increased by 51 on Saturday, giving the county a total of 4,595 since March.
Of the overall total, the county considers 3,700 people recovered or recovering; 278 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness and 52 have died.
Data on the recovered/recovering and the number of hospitalized has only recently been updated due to reporting delays from the state Department of Health, a county spokesperson said earlier this week.
Covid-19 tests in Thurston County have shown a 5.9% positive rate over the past week. A total of 96,562 tests have been conducted in the county.
The rate of new COVID-19 cases has been 251.9 per 100,000 population over the past two weeks, 10 times the level public health officials want to see.
In the region
▪ Pierce County has had 24,817 cases and 315 deaths as of Friday.
▪ Lewis County has had 2,025 cases and 21 deaths as of Saturday.
▪ Grays Harbor County added 21 cases Saturday, bringing the total to 1,697 cases and 21 deaths as of Friday.
▪ Mason County has had 1,139 cases and 14 deaths as of Wednesday.
Around the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health had reported 236,719 confirmed and probable cases and 3,184 deaths as of Sunday. The state does not provide updated counts of deaths attributed to COVID-19 on the weekends.
In the U.S., 19 million cases had been reported as of Sunday with 333,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, more than 80.6 million cases had been reported and 1.76 million people had died as of Sunday, the data show.
This story was originally published December 26, 2020 at 3:25 PM.
