Thurston County reports 39 new COVID-19 cases from weekend

Thurston County added 39 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the weekly total to 166, one case less than last week.

The total announced Monday included 16 from Saturday and 23 from Sunday. Thurston County has stopped reporting new cases over the weekend.

The weekend cases bring the county’s total case count to 7,949. Of those, 7,606 people have recovered or are recovering, while 462 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, and 76 have died.

In the past week, 3.1% of COVID-19 tests administered in Thurston County have come back positive.

More than 134,000 vaccine doses have been given in the county so far.

In the region

▪ Pierce County reported 80 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths Monday. In all, the county has reported 39,985 cases and 515 deaths.

▪ Grays Harbor County has reported 3,565 confirmed and probable cases and 57 deaths as of Sunday.

▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services has reported 3,417 cases and 55 deaths as of Monday.

▪ Mason County has reported 1,827 cases with 27 deaths as of Monday.

▪ Pacific County has reported 847 positive cases with 10 deaths as of Wednesday, according to an update from the Pacific County Emergency Management Agency.

In the state, nation and world

The state Department of Health has reported a total of 370,017 cases and 5,285 deaths.

In the U.S., 30.8 million cases had been reported as of Tuesday with 556,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Washington ranks 30th among the states in numbers of COVID-19 deaths, but 13th in number of residents.

Globally, 132.1 million cases have been reported and 2.87 million people have died as of Tuesday.

This story was originally published April 5, 2021 at 4:26 PM.