Thurston County reports 37 COVID-19 cases on Thursday
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Thurston County rose by 37 on Thursday, giving the county 116 cases for the week and 4,104 to date, county health officials announced.
Of the overall total, 3,288 people have recovered or are recovering, 247 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness and 49 have died, but there have been no deaths in the past seven days, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
The county also is reporting 14 outbreaks at congregate care settings, down from 15 on Sunday.
Although the county appears to be producing a lower number of positive cases per day than it has since October, the county still has a lot of work to do to meet the state’s goals for cases per 100,000 population.
According to the governor’s COVID-19 risk assessment dashboard, the county reported 242.5 cases per 100,000 population over the previous two weeks as of Tuesday. The goal is to have 25 or fewer cases, according to the data.
Still, while Thurston County is Washington’s sixth largest county, it ranks 11th in number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
In the region
▪ Pierce County on Thursday announced 267 new cases and five new deaths. All five were 60 or older, and four of them had an underlying health condition. The county has now reported 21,908 cases and 268 deaths.
▪ Lewis County reported 82 new cases and no new deaths on Thursday for a total of 1,800 cases and 21 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County announced 46 new cases Wednesday night, giving the county 1,542 cases with 21 deaths.
▪ Mason County reported 25 additional cases on Thursday for a total of 1,068 with 12 deaths.
Around the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health had reported 217,205 cases and 3,117 deaths as of Friday.
In the U.S., more than 17.3 million cases had been reported as of Friday with more than 312,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The United States is reporting nearly twice as many deaths as Brazil, which has reported 185,000 and is second in the world.
Globally, more than 75.3 million cases had been reported and 1.67 million people had died as of Friday, the data show.
This story was originally published December 17, 2020 at 4:53 PM.
