Two more Thurston residents lost to COVID-19
Two more Thurston County residents have died from COVID-19, the county reported Monday. The deceased were a woman in her 60s and a woman in her 70s.
Monday’s announcement marks three people who have died in the past week, even as daily case counts continue to fall.
The county reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, which makes last week’s total case count 109, the lowest weekly count since the week of Sept. 21. The county reported 219 new cases the week of Feb. 15, and the number of new cases has fallen consistently since then.
Monday’s cases bring the total number of cases to 7,616. Of those, 7,274 people are considered to be recovered or recovering, while 346 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, and 75 have died.
The county is reporting three outbreaks, the same as Sunday.
There’s been a slight uptick in the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests over one week. The percentage is now 3.1%.
As of Monday, 99,212 vaccine doses have been given in Thurston County, according to the state Department of Health.
In the region
▪ Pierce County reported 79 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths Monday. In all, the county has reported 38,156 cases and 499 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County reported 3,493 confirmed and probable cases and 55 deaths as of Friday.
▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services has reported 3,340 cases and 50 deaths as of Monday.
▪ Mason County reported four new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing its total to 1,763 cases with 27 deaths.
▪ Pacific County has reported 777 positive cases with 10 deaths as of Saturday, according to the state Department of Health.
In the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health has reported a total of 355,986 cases and 5,183 deaths.
In the U.S., more than 29.9 million cases had been reported as of Tuesday with more than 543,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, 124 million cases had been reported and more than 2.73 million people had died as of Tuesday.
This story was originally published March 22, 2021 at 4:30 PM.