Thurston County announces 14 new COVID-19 cases, increasing overall total to 1,029
Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 were announced on Thursday, increasing the county’s overall total to 1,029.
The new cases were two men in their 50s, two women in their 40s, three people in their 30s, five people in their 20s and a boy and girl, ages 0-9, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
Those in their 20s continues to be the demographic with the highest number of cases, or 226 cases to date, representing 22 percent of the overall total of 1,029, the county data show.
Of that total, 828 people have recovered or are recovering, 75 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, 15 have died and there are now six ongoing COVID-19 facility outbreaks, down from seven on Wednesday, according to the county.
A county spokeswoman said a skilled nursing facility is no longer having an outbreak.
In the region
▪ Pierce County announced 62 new cases and three deaths on Thursday, giving the county 6,808 cases and 155 deaths. The three new deaths were a man in his 90s from Tacoma, a man in his 80s from University Place and a man in his 70s from south Pierce County.
▪ Lewis County reported three new cases to give them 353 and four deaths. The three new cases affected residents in their 20s, 40s and 50s.
▪ Mason County reported four new cases, also increasing the total to 353.
▪ Grays Harbor County added 11 new cases Wednesday, giving the county 261 confirmed cases with six deaths.
Around the state, nation and world
Washington state reported 75,856 cases and 1,945 deaths Thursday afternoon, according to the state Department of Health.
In the U.S., more than 6.1 million cases and more than 186,000 deaths had been reported as of Thursday, Johns Hopkins University data show. Globally, 26.1 million cases had been reported and about 865,000 people had died as of Thursday, the data show.
This story was originally published September 3, 2020 at 6:02 PM.
