Thurston County adds 81 COVID-19 cases Friday

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose by 81 on Friday, bringing Thurston County’s total to 5,677 since the pandemic began in March.

Of those, the county considers 4,687 people to be recovered or recovering, while 325 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness (including 11 in the past week), and 59 have died.

In the past week, 9.6 percent of tests have come back positive, county data shows.

In the region

▪ Pierce County added 272 new cases and four new deaths on Thursday, giving the county 16 deaths over two days. The county has reported 29,600 cases and 359 deaths total.

▪ Grays Harbor County added five new cases, bringing its total to 2,661 confirmed and probable cases as of Friday with 28 deaths.

▪ Lewis County reported 40 new cases on Friday for a total of 2,573 cases and 31 deaths.

▪ Mason County reported 25 additional cases and one new death on Friday for a total of 1,466 with 17 deaths.

▪ Pacific County reported 592 cases and eight deaths as of Thursday night.

Around the state, nation and world

The state Department of Health reported 2,530 new cases and 27 new deaths on Friday. The state has now reported 285,970 confirmed and probable cases and 3,903 deaths.

In the U.S., 23.6 million cases had been reported as of Friday with nearly 394,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Globally, 94.2 million cases had been reported with more than 2 million deaths as of Friday, the data show.

This story was originally published January 15, 2021 at 6:36 PM.