Thurston adds 9 COVID-19 cases Tuesday
Thurston County reported nine new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, as the county makes increasingly good progress in its vaccination efforts.
The added cases brings the county’s total to 7,516 cases with 72 deaths, according to data from Thurston County Public Health and Social Services. Since the county reported its first case last March, 343 people have been hospitalized and 6,794 cases are considered recovered or recovering.
Department director Schelli Slaughter said 88% of regional acute hospital beds are full with 8.2% of those beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. She said 14.9% of ICU beds remain occupied by COVID-19 patients.
Currently, there are five ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at congregate care settings, including three at nursing facilities, one at an adult family home and another at an assisted living facility. In all, the county has seen 50 outbreaks in such settings to date.
Vaccine supply and events
Slaughter said 79,217 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Thurston County. She added 19.5% of county residents have received their first dose and 11.87% are fully vaccinated. That’s up from about 15% having received their first dose and 9% being fully vaccinated last week.
Over the last week, Slaughter said Thurston County providers received 9,710 doses. The county administered 3,947 of those doses at events, including at South Puget Sound Community College.
Looking ahead to next week, Slaughter said providers in the Thurston County region expect to receive 11,380 total doses, including 8,740 first doses and 2,640 second doses.
In the region
▪ Pierce County reported 90 new COVID-19 cases and one new death Tuesday. In all, the county has reported 37,645 cases and 492 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County reported 3,456 confirmed and probable cases and 54 deaths as of Sunday.
▪ Lewis County reported five additional cases on Tuesday for a total of 3,323 cases with 50 deaths.
▪ Mason County reported no new COVID-19 cases Tuesday. In all, the county has reported 1,748 cases with 27 deaths.
▪ Pacific County has reported 772 positive cases with 10 deaths as of Monday, according to state data.
In the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health has reported a total of 351,109 cases and 5,149 deaths as of Wednesday.
In the U.S., more than 29.6 million cases had been reported as of Wednesday with more than 537,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, 121 million cases had been reported and more than 2.67 million people had died as of Wednesday.
This story was originally published March 16, 2021 at 6:36 PM.
