Thurston County reports 135 new COVID-19 cases over weekend
Thurston County Public Health reported 135 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. That includes 39 cases confirmed on Sunday, 19 on Saturday, and 77 on Friday.
The week ending on Sunday saw 230 total cases, according to county data. That’s down from 277 cases the week before, but otherwise it is the highest weekly case total since Jan. 25-31.
The county’s new overall case total is 8,609. Of those, 7,879 people have recovered or are recovering, while 491 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, and 78 have died.
The percent of COVID-19 tests coming back positive over one week has dropped to 3.8%.
More than 193,000 vaccine doses have been administered in Thurston County, according to state Department of Health data.
In the region
▪ Pierce County confirmed 226 new COVID-19 cases and four new deaths on Monday, bringing its totals to 43,572 cases and 525 deaths. Seven deaths were removed from the total since last reporting, the county announced on Monday, after reviewing them to determine whether they were caused by COVID-19.
▪ Grays Harbor County had reported 3,733 confirmed and probable cases and 62 deaths as of Monday.
▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services reported 3,568 confirmed cases and 58 deaths as of Friday, which is the latest data.
▪ Mason County reported 22 new cases and one new death on Monday, for a total of 1,976 cases with 30 deaths.
In the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health has reported a total of 397,417 COVID-19 cases and 5,450 deaths as of Monday.
In the U.S., more than 32.1 million cases had been reported as of Tuesday with 573,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Brazil has counted the second most COVID-19 deaths in the world with 392,000, but India has tallied the second highest number of cases, at 17.6 million.
Globally, more than 148.1 million cases had been reported as of Tuesday with 3.13 million deaths.
This story was originally published April 26, 2021 at 5:14 PM.