Thurston County reports 1 death, 14 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday
A man in his 60s has died and 14 more cases of COVID-19 were announced by Thurston County health officials on Thursday.
The man’s death raises the total number of COVID-19-related deaths among Thurston County residents to 71 since the pandemic was first detected here a year ago.
Thursday’s 14 cases were a woman in her 80s, a woman in her 60s, a man in his 50s, a woman in her 40s, three people in their 30s, three people in their 20s and four people 19 or younger, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
The 14 cases increased the county’s overall total to 7,312. Of that total, 6,794 people have recovered or are recovering and 342 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. The county is still reporting four ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks at area congregate care settings; 49 such outbreaks have been reported to date.
Over the past week, just 2.5 percent of COVID-19 tests in Thurston County have come back positive, a rate a quarter of what it was in January.
State data show more than 54,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Thurston County.
In the region
▪ Pierce County reported 114 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths on Thursday. In all, the county has reported 36,678 cases and 470 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County has reported 3,390 confirmed and probable cases and 49 deaths as of Thursday. Also in the county: The Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen has had 55 new cases in the past month and 1,203 to date, according to the state Department of Corrections.
▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services added three new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. In all, the county has reported 3,259 cases and 50 deaths.
▪ Mason County reported four new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing its total to 1,701 cases with 23 deaths.
▪ Pacific County has reported 771 positive cases with 10 deaths as of Wednesday, according to a news release.
In the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health had reported a total of 343,090 new cases and 5,032 deaths as of Thursday.
In the U.S., 28.9 million cases had been reported as of Friday with more than 522,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, 115.9 million cases had been reported and more than 2.57 million people had died as of Friday.
This story was originally published March 4, 2021 at 4:21 PM.
