Thurston County adds 85 COVID-19 cases, overall total grows to 4,861
Thurston County reported 85 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, giving Thurston County 207 cases for the week and 4,861 cases to date.
The 85 cases included six children, 9 or younger, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
Of the overall total, 4,112 people have recovered or are recovering, 300 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness, including 22 in the past seven days, and 55 have died, including three in the past week.
The county is reporting eight COVID-19 outbreaks; 40 such outbreaks have been reported to date.
The governor’s COVID-19 risk assessment dashboard shows the county has had 247.7 cases per 100,000 population over the past two weeks, as of Wednesday. The goal is to have 25 or fewer cases over the two-week period.
In the region
▪ Pierce County on Friday announced 437 new cases and one new death, a woman in her 80s from east Pierce County who had underlying health conditions. The county has reported 25,851 cases and 298 deaths.
▪ Lewis County reported 51 new cases on Thursday for a total of 2,165 cases and 21 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County announced 56 new cases Wednesday night, giving the county 2,134 cases with 24 deaths.
▪ Mason County reported 12 additional cases on Thursday for a total of 1,221 with 15 deaths.
Around the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health has reported 246,752 confirmed and probable cases and 3,461 deaths as of Thursday.
In the U.S., 20.2 million cases had been reported as of Saturday with 349,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, more than 84.3 million cases had been reported and 1.83 million people had died as of Saturday, the data show.
This story was originally published January 1, 2021 at 5:13 PM.
