Thurston County ends week with 124 COVID-19 cases

Thurston County Public Health officials reported 15 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total to 124 for the week of March 8-14. That is two fewer than last week, and the lowest total in nearly six months.

That brings the total number of cases to 7,507. Of those, 6,794 people are considered to be recovered or recovering, 343 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness (including one in the past week), and 72 have died (including one in the past week).

One new COVID-19 outbreak was reported on Monday, bringing the total to five. As of March 8, the most recent county report said the outbreaks were at three nursing homes and one adult family home.

The percent of positive tests is 2.6% over the past week, according to county data.

State numbers show more than 79,000 Thurston County residents have gotten their first COVID-19 vaccine shot, and more than 26,000 are fully vaccinated. Thurston County has more than 290,000 residents.

In the region

▪ Pierce County reported 67 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new deaths Monday. In all, the county has reported 37,558 cases and 491 deaths.

▪ Grays Harbor County reported 3,456 confirmed and probable cases and 54 deaths as of Friday.

▪ Lewis County had reported 3,318 cases and 50 deaths as of Monday.

▪ Mason County reported 15 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing its total to 1,748 cases with 27 deaths.

▪ Pacific County has reported 800 positive cases with 10 deaths as of Sunday, according to a Pacific County emergency management agency news release.

In the state, nation and world

The state Department of Health has reported a total of 350,506 cases and 5,135 deaths.

In the U.S., more than 29.5 million cases had been reported as of Tuesday with more than 536,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Globally, more than 120.5 million cases had been reported and more than 2.66 million people had died as of Tuesday.

This story was originally published March 15, 2021 at 6:00 PM.