GRANT COUNTY - There were 114 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Saturday evening, with two new cases reported in the Mattawa area and one new case each in Moses Lake and Royal City, according to the Grant County Health District.

There are also 15 “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.

Six people sickened with the novel coronavirus are currently hospitalized, while three people have recovered from their previous hospitalization. Twenty-eight people have recovered enough to no longer be placed under quarantine, the health district reported Friday.

Quincy remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the county, with 44 confirmed cases total, though the rate of new cases in the community has slowed. Meanwhile the rural Mattawa area continues to see an outsized proportion of cases, reporting 23 confirmed cases Saturday. Moses Lake has 21 confirmed cases.

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

In addition to tests that have come back positive, 999 have come back negative. There are an estimated 145 tests that are still pending results, according to the health district.