Thurston seeing COVID-19 resurgence as it reports 131 cases over weekend, plus 1 death

A woman in her 60s died from COVID-19 over the weekend, the Thurston County Public Health department reported Monday. She became the 77th person to die from the virus locally.

Meanwhile, the county reported 131 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, as transmission rates continue to rise. That number includes 30 cases confirmed on Sunday, 47 cases confirmed on Saturday, and 54 cases confirmed on Friday. Three people were hospitalized over the weekend.

The total number of cases is now 8,379. Of those, 7,879 people have recovered or are recovering, while 478 people have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, and 77 have died, according to county data.

The county reports there are three ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks: one adult family home, one nursing home and one in congregate housing.

The percent of COVID-19 tests coming back positive is 4.2%.

More than 172,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Thurston County so far, according to the state Department of Health.

In the region

▪ Pierce County reported 519 new COVID-19 cases and one new death over the weekend, bringing its totals to 42,046 cases and 524 deaths.

▪ Grays Harbor County had reported 3,674 confirmed and probable cases and 59 deaths as of Monday.

▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services had reported 3,544 cases and 56 deaths as of Monday.

▪ Mason County had reported 1,921 cases with 29 deaths as of Monday.

In the state, nation and world

The state Department of Health has reported a total of 386,920 COVID-19 cases and 5,394 deaths as of Monday.

In the U.S., about 31.7 million cases had been reported as of Saturday with more than 567,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Globally, about 142.1 million cases had been reported Monday with 3.03 million deaths.

This story was originally published April 19, 2021 at 3:53 PM.