Thurston County reports 24 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday
Thurston County reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the county’s total number of cases to 6,408 since March. The tally for the week so far is 223.
No new deaths were announced, leaving the total at 62. The last death was reported Jan. 19.
The best news in Saturday’s data is the rate of positive COVID-19 tests: In the past week, the rate has been 7.4 percent, which is down from nearly 10 percent two weeks ago. However, the number of tests given continues to rise, and hit more than 121,000 in the week ending Jan. 27.
Of the county’s total cases, 332 patients were hospitalized at some point in their illness, and 5,018 are considered recovered or recovering.
Data shows that of the 616,000 doses of vaccine given so far in Washington, just 16,791 have been administered in Thurston County.
In the region
▪ Pierce County on Saturday announced 204 new cases and no additional deaths. The county has reported 32,810 cases and 398 deaths total.
▪ Grays Harbor County reported 2,924 confirmed and probable cases as of Friday with 32 deaths.
▪ Lewis County reported 31 cases on Saturday for a total of 2,923 cases and 36 deaths.
▪ Mason County reported five new cases on Friday for a total of 1,577 with 20 deaths.
▪ Pacific County reported a total of 662 cases with nine deaths as of Wednesday.
Around the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health has reported 311,597 confirmed and probable cases and 4,285 deaths as of Friday. The state does not report new deaths over the weekend.
In the U.S., more than 26.1 million cases had been reported as of Sunday with nearly 441,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, 102.8 million cases had been reported and more than 2.2 million people had died as of Sunday, the data show.
This story was originally published January 30, 2021 at 3:13 PM.
