Thurston County COVID-19 cases grow to 81 after one more case is announced Monday
Thurston County now has 81 confirmed cases of COVID-19 after an additional case was announced Monday afternoon.
The latest case is a man in his 60s, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services. The number of people who have either recovered or are recovering also inched higher to 68 on Monday from 67 on Sunday.
Other categories were unchanged: The county still has only one death tied to the disease and 13 people have been hospitalized.
Although a county spokesperson cautioned against drawing a conclusion about whether COVID-19 cases are slowing here, the county numbers appear to show that it is.
The county announced 31 cases the week of March 30, the most in one week since the county began tracking the data earlier in the month. The week of April 6 the number of new cases fell to 13. No new cases were announced over Easter weekend and only one case on Monday, the data show.
Around the region
- Pierce County had 969 cases, including 20 deaths as of Monday afternoon.
- Lewis County had 17 cases with two deaths.
- Mason County had 18 cases.
- Grays Harbor County had 12 cases.
Around the state
▪ Washington state had 10,538 cases and 516 deaths as of late Monday, according to the state Department of Health.
In the United States
▪ The U.S. leads the world with more than 582,000 cases and more than 20,000 deaths, about a third of which have been reported in New York City.
Around the world
▪ Worldwide, nearly 2 million people have tested positive for the virus, with nearly 120,000 deaths.
This story was originally published April 13, 2020 at 4:59 PM.
