Thurston County reports 6 new COVID-19 cases Saturday

Thurston County reported on Saturday that six more residents have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the week’s case total to 66.

Thurston County Department of Public Health and Social Services data shows the new cases are in:

• Two men and a woman in their 20s;
• A man in his 30s;
• A man in his 40s; and
• A woman in her 60s.

Since the first county resident tested positive on March 11, 842 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. However, 13 more people are now considered “recovered” or “recovering” by the county, bringing the number of recovered people to 670.

Over the course of the pandemic, 58 people have at some point been hospitalized for treatment, and 11 people have died from the disease.

Currently, there are four ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at congregate care facilities in Thurston County. County Health Officer Dr. Dimyana Abdelmalek helped administer tests at three of these facilities and did not consider them a risk to public health. Because of this and because the health department wants to maintain the privacy of those who live and work at the facilities, the county is not naming the facilities.

In the region

• Pierce County reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the overall case total to 5,995. No deaths were reported on Saturday, leaving the death toll at 132 Pierce County residents.
• Lewis County reported Saturday 12 more people tested positive for the disease: Two patients are under the age of 20; three patients in their 20s; four patients in their 30s; one is in their 40s; another is in their 50s; and one is in their 70s. The new cases bring the county’s case total to 272 with four deaths.
• Mason County is still reporting 274 cases with one death.
• Grays Harbor County is reporting a total to 135 cases and three deaths.

AROUND THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD

• Washington state’s Department of Health is reporting there have been a total of 66,139 cases of COVID-19 and 1,755 deaths stem from it.
• In the U.S., nearly 5.4 million people have tested positive for the disease and 169,336 people have died from it, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
• Globally, more than 21 million people have tested positive for the disease and 768,043 have died from it.

This story was originally published August 15, 2020 at 3:59 PM.