GRANT COUNTY - There are 133 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Thursday evening, with three new cases reported in the Mattawa area and one new case reported in Moses Lake, according to the Grant County Health District.

There are also 33 “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.

Eight people sickened with the novel coronavirus are currently hospitalized, up by two since the beginning of the week, while at least three people have recovered from their previous hospitalization. Twenty-eight people have recovered enough to no longer be placed under quarantine, the health reported last Friday.

Quincy remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the county, with 47 confirmed cases total. But Moses Lake and the Mattawa area have seen the most significant growth in recent weeks, with 24 and 34 confirmed cases respectively as of Monday evening.

Ephrata is reporting twelve confirmed cases, Royal City is reporting seven, Warden and Soap Lake are each reporting four, and the Grant County portion of the Othello area is reporting a single case. The Coulee City area and Grand Coulee/Electric city have not had a single confirmed case from their communities, according to the health district.

In addition to tests that have come back positive, 1142 have come back negative. There are an estimated 196 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 9 percent as of Wednesday, according to the state Department of Health. Public health officials have previously expressed concern about Grant County’s outsized rate of positive tests.

Over 61 percent of confirmed cases thus far have been women, while over 81 percent have been 60 years old or younger.

The overwhelming majority of those who have been hospitalized have been between the ages of 30 and 65, health district Administrator Theresa Adkinson said at a Wednesday briefing. Two Grant County residents confirmed to have been infected with the novel coronavirus, a man in his 60s and a man in his 80s, have died, according to the health district.