GRANT COUNTY - There are 143 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Sunday evening, with two new cases in Moses Lake, according to the Grant County Health District.

Ten new cases have been reported in Grant County since Friday, six of which were from Moses Lake. The number of recoveries reported also jumped significantly over the weekend, from 28 people Thursday to 52 Sunday evening.

There are also 18 “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. Thirty-nine people have now recovered enough to no longer be placed under quarantine.

Eight people sickened with the novel coronavirus are currently hospitalized.

Quincy remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the county, with 49 confirmed cases total. But Moses Lake and the Mattawa area have seen the most significant growth in recent weeks, with 30 and 35 confirmed cases respectively as of Sunday evening.

Ephrata is reporting 13 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, 1215 have come back negative. There are an estimated 155 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.

Almost 63 percent of confirmed cases thus far have been women, while over 79 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.