Thurston adds 18 COVID-19 cases Friday, part of virus' 'explosive' growth in state
Thurston County Public Health and Social Services on Friday reported 18 new cases of COVID-19, pushing this week’s total so far to 77 and the total since March 11, when the first local case was announced, to 455.
That growth is part if what the state Department of Health referred to as “explosive” growth in the virus in the situation report it released on Friday:
“Washington state as a whole is in an explosive situation. Transmission continues to increase or accelerate across most of Washington state and will continue to do so unless concrete steps are taken to stop the spread. All indicators of the extent of viral spread are higher than last week with the exception of Yakima. In both eastern and western Washington, cases are increasing fastest among 20-29 year olds and are also growing in both younger and older age groups around them.”
In Thurston County, all but two of the latest residents to be diagnosed are in their 40s or younger, continuing a trend consistently noted by local public health officials who often attribute it to young people gathering and traveling. As of Friday, the age group making up the highest percentage of local cases was residents ages 20-29, reflecting the state. In Thurston, they account for 20 percent of the total.
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