Thurston County adds 1 new death and 143 COVID-19 cases in last week
Thurston County confirmed 143 COVID-19 cases and one additional death in the past week.
A woman in her 30s died on June 21, according to Thurston County Public Health and Social Services.
The county’s weekly case counts have been declining over the past three weeks. Last week, the county reported 155 cases and the week before that 222 cases. State data indicates disease activity has declined overall since the end of April.
The county saw a case rate of 97.9 per 100,000 people over the two-week period from June 7-20, according to state data published on Monday. The case rate has remained in the 90s since the two-week period starting May 29, the data show.
About 4.1 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive from June 14-20, according to state data. This percentage has not dipped below the state’s target of 2 percent since September.
Since March 2020, the county has confirmed a total of 10,984 COVID-19 cases and 96 deaths. In all, 10,481 cases are considered recovered or recovering and 668 people have been hospitalized at some point in their illness, the data show.
The county reported it’s monitoring four ongoing outbreaks at congregate care settings. To date, there have been 62 such outbreaks, according to county data.
Continuing a sluggish trend, the county’s vaccination rate once again only progressed by single-digit percentage points this past week.
About 51.5 percent of the county population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 46.8 percent had been fully vaccinated as of Saturday, according to state data.
This is just slightly higher than the percentages reported the week prior when about 50 percent of the county population had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 45.6 percent had been fully vaccinated, the Olympian previously reported.
Discounting children under 16, 61 percent of the population has received at least one dose and 56.2 percent were fully vaccinated this past week, the data show.
The week prior, 60.7 percent of that population had received at least one dose and 54.9 percent had been fully vaccinated, The Olympian previously reported.
Although masks are no longer required in many settings, health officer Dimyana Abdelmalek has asked all residents to continue masking in public indoor settings until 70 percent of the population is vaccinated.
Thurston County PHSS is continuing to offer free vaccination events every week. Events are listed on their coronavirus vaccine information website. Although no longer required, people are still encouraged to pre-register for these events through the state’s PrepMod website.
Residents also can find appointments at local providers such as pharmacies by visiting the state’s Vaccine Locator website. Many supermarket pharmacies are taking walk-ins for vaccines.
Those who have difficulty scheduling appointments online can call the Department of Health vaccine hotline at 888-856-5816 or the Thurston County Public Health and Social Services line at 360-867-2610. Information for Spanish speakers is available at these numbers as well.
People interested in volunteering at PHSS vaccine events can sign up through the United Way of Thurston County website. Anyone with questions or concerns about volunteering can call 360-943-2773.
In the region
▪ Pierce County confirmed 50,998 total COVID-19 cases with 599 deaths as of Monday.
▪ Grays Harbor County had reported a total of 4,584 confirmed and probable cases with 75 deaths as of Sunday.
▪ Lewis County Public Health & Social Services reported 5,319 confirmed and probable cases with 75 deaths as of Sunday.
▪ Mason County reported 2,296 confirmed cases with 34 deaths as of Monday.
In the state, nation and world
The state of Washington had reported a total of 450,930 COVID-19 cases and 5,911 deaths as of Monday.
In the U.S., over 33.6 million cases had been reported as of Tuesday with more than 604,000 deaths.
Globally, over 181.6 million people had contracted the virus and more than 3.93 million people had died of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, the data show.
This story was originally published June 29, 2021 at 5:45 AM.
