Thurston County reports 27 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday
Thurston County reported 27 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, giving Thurston County 234 cases for the week and 4,888 cases to date.
Of the overall total, 4,112 people have recovered or are recovering, 300 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, including 22 in the past seven days, and 55 have died, including three in the past week.
The county is reporting eight COVID-19 outbreaks; 40 such outbreaks have been reported to date.
The governor’s COVID-19 risk assessment dashboard shows the county has had 247.7 cases per 100,000 population over the past two weeks, as of Wednesday. The goal is to have 25 or fewer cases over the two-week period.
In the region
▪ Pierce County on Saturday announced 311 new cases and no additional deaths. The county has reported 26,162 cases and 298 deaths.
▪ Mason County had reported 1,221 cases and 15 deaths as of Thursday. Its rate of cases per 100,000 over the past two weeks is 219.
▪ Lewis County had reported 2,204 COVID-19 and 21 deaths as of Saturday. Just 474 patients are considered recovered or recovering.
▪ Grays Harbor County has not updated its data since Wednesday when it reported 2,134 cases with 24 deaths. Of its cases, 648 are considered active.
Around the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health had reported 246,752 confirmed and probable cases and 3,461 deaths as of Thursday. It did not update its numbers over the weekend.
In the U.S., 20.6 million cases had been reported as of Sunday with more than 351,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, 85 million cases had been reported and 1.84 million people had died as of Sunday, the data show.
This story was originally published January 2, 2021 at 2:42 PM.
