GRANT COUNTY - There were 94 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Tuesday evening, with two new cases reported each in Moses Lake and Soap Lake, according to the Grant County Health District.

Of the four new cases, two were men, two were women, one was between the ages 19-40, two were between the ages of 41-60, and one was age 61-80, according to the health district. There are also 26 “probable” cases, which includes people with symptoms of the virus who have had close contact with a person known to have been sickened with COVID-19.

Seven people sickened with the novel coronavirus are currently hospitalized, and at least one person has recovered from their previous hospitalization. Fourteen people have recovered enough to no longer be placed under quarantine, the health district reported Monday.

Quincy remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the county, with 38 confirmed cases total, though the rate of new cases in that community has slowed. The Mattawa area is reporting 17 confirmed cases, while Moses Lake has 17 confirmed cases.

Ephrata is reporting ten confirmed cases, Warden and Royal City are each reporting four, Soap Lake is reporting three, and the Grant County portion of the Othello area is reporting a single case.

In addition to tests that have come back positive, 811 have come back negative. There are an estimated 173 tests that are still pending results, according to the health district.

Around 10.4 percent of completed tests have come back positive, down from 13.6 percent at the end of March and nearing the statewide average, which was 8.6 percent Tuesday evening according to the state Department of Health. Public health officials have previously expressed concern about Grant County’s outsized rate of positive tests.

Just over 57 percent of confirmed cases thus far have been women, while almost 80 percent have been 60 years old or younger.