Thurston County COVID-19 cases grow by 9 to 1,121
Nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced Friday by county health officials.
The nine cases were a man and woman in their 60s, a woman in her 50s, a woman in her 40s, a man and woman in their 30s and two women and a man in their 20s, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
There have been 28 new cases of COVID-19 so far this week.
The county’s overall number of cases is 1,121. Of that total, 939 people have recovered or are recovering, 79 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness and 16 have died.
The number of COVID-19 facility outbreaks has changed again. It fell to one from three on Thursday, but was back up to two on Friday. A nursing facility and an adult family home are experiencing an outbreak, a county spokeswoman said.
IN THE REGION
▪ Pierce County on Friday announced 51 cases, giving the county a total of 7,339. Deaths were unchanged at 163.
▪ Lewis County reported no new cases for a total of 454 and four deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County announced 11 more cases Thursday night to give the county 412 with six deaths.
▪ Mason County reported three more cases on Friday for a total of 386 cases and three deaths.
AROUND THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD
The state Department of Health on Thursday reported 404 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6 deaths, giving the state 81,602 cases and 2,037 deaths.
In the U.S., 6.7 million people have contracted the virus and 198,000 have died as a result, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Globally, 30.3 million people have been been afflicted and 948,000 have died, the data show.
This story was originally published September 18, 2020 at 4:12 PM.
