Thurston County reports 31 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, increasing total to 8,420
Thurston County added 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, giving the county 41 cases for the week.
The case count is adding up at a much slower pace than last week when the county ended up with 277 new cases — the most in one week since late January, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
Wednesday’s new cases now gives the county an overall total to date of 8,420, the data show.
Of those, 7,879 people have recovered or are recovering from the virus, 481 have been hospitalized at some point during their illness and 78 have died, including a man in his 60s on Monday. And despite more than 175,000 people in the county receiving at least one vaccine dose, COVID-19 outbreaks are still being reported.
Four COVID-19 outbreaks are currently being reported at area congregate care settings, down from five earlier in the week.
In the region
▪ Pierce County confirmed 233 new COVID-19 cases and one new death on Wednesday, bringing its totals to 42,486 cases and 528 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County had reported 3,685 confirmed and probable cases and 61 deaths as of Tuesday.
▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services reported four additional cases on Wednesday. In all, the county has reported 3,550 cases and 58 deaths.
▪ Mason County has reported 12 new cases on Wednesday, for a total of 1,936 cases with 29 deaths.
In the state, nation and world
The state Department of Health has reported a total of 390,214 COVID-19 cases and 5,422 deaths as of Wednesday.
In the U.S., more than 31.9 million cases have been reported as of Thursday with more than 570,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, more than 144.2 million cases have been reported Thursday with 3.06 million deaths.
This story was originally published April 21, 2021 at 4:18 PM.
