GRANT COUNTY - There are 101 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Thursday evening, with two new cases reported in Moses Lake and one each in the Quincy and Mattawa areas, according to the Grant County Health District.

Of the four new cases, three are female and one is male. Two were between the ages 19-40 and two were between the ages of 41-60, according to the health district. There are also 14 “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. Fourteen people have recovered enough to no longer be placed under quarantine, the health district reported Monday. Recovery numbers are reported weekly.

Quincy remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the county, with 42 confirmed cases total. Moses Lake and the Mattawa area are each reporting 19 confirmed cases.

Ephrata is reporting ten confirmed cases, Royal City is reporting five, Warden is 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, 923 have come back negative. There are an estimated 86 tests that are still pending results, according to the health district.

Around 9.8 percent of completed tests have come back positive as of Thursday, 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 just over 82 percent have been 60 years old or younger.