Thurston County COVID-19 cases grow by 1 to 82
Thurston County COVID-19 cases grew to 82 on Wednesday after a woman in her 40s was identified as the latest confirmed case by public health officials.
It was only the second case announced this week by Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
The county still has only one death tied to the respiratory illness, and the number of people who have either recovered or are recovering from the disease rose to 75 Wednesday from 72 on Tuesday.
In a letter to the community Tuesday, Thurston County Acting Health Officer Dr. Diana Yu wrote that in recent cases, people are identifying fewer contacts because of social distancing and staying home, The Olympian reported.
Positive cases have only been identified by gender and age, but the county took a big step in its transparency on Wednesday when it released a report showing cases by zip code — information residents have requested since the beginning of the outbreak. The data show that the Lacey area has seen the highest number of confirmed cases.
Elsewhere, confirmed cases of the disease continued to rise.
Around the region, state, nation and world
▪ Pierce County cases have surged past 1,000, with 24 deaths.
▪ Lewis County had 19 cases with two deaths as of Wednesday.
▪ Mason County had 20 cases.
▪ Grays Harbor County had 12 cases.
Washington state had 10,783 cases and 567 deaths as of Wednesday, according to the state Department of Health.
The U.S. leads the world with more than 638,000 cases and more than 25,000 deaths, with more than 10,000 deaths reported in New York City.
Worldwide, more than 2 million people have tested positive for the virus, with nearly 137,000 deaths.
This story was originally published April 15, 2020 at 4:11 PM.
