Thurston County announces 2 COVID-19 deaths and 86 cases on Thursday
Two men have died and 86 more cases were announced Thursday by Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
The two new deaths, which now gives the county an overall total of 80, were a man in his 80s and a man in his 60s, the data show.
Thursday’s 86 cases is one of the higher daily totals in recent weeks, although the daily record, which was reported in early January, is 133 cases.
Still, the county has reported 119 cases so far this week and is on pace to report more than 200 for the week for the third consecutive week.
That outcome is likely to stoke fears about a fourth wave of surging cases across the state and the potential for Thurston County to be rolled back to the more restrictive Phase 2 from Phase 3 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Healthy Washington” plan.
The 86 cases now gives the county an overall total of 8,728. Of those, 8,128 people have recovered or are recovering from the virus, 492 have been hospitalized and 80 have died. The county is also still reporting four COVID-19 outbreaks at area congregate care settings.
IN THE REGION
▪ Pierce County confirmed 153 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Thursday, bringing its totals to 44,064 cases and 529 deaths.
▪ Grays Harbor County had reported 3,760 confirmed and probable cases and 63 deaths as of Wednesday.
▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services reported 3,627 confirmed cases and 60 deaths as of Thursday.
▪ Mason County reported seven new cases and no new deaths on Thursday, for a total of 1,997 cases with 30 deaths.
IN THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD
The state Department of Health has now reported a total of 401,718 COVID-19 cases and 5,487 deaths as of Thursday.
In the U.S., 32.3 million cases have been reported as of Thursday with more than 575,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, 150 million cases have been reported as of Thursday with 3.16 million deaths.
This story was originally published April 29, 2021 at 5:10 PM.
