GRANT COUNTY - There were 155 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Thursday evening, with two new cases in Royal City and one new case each in Moses Lake, the Quincy area and the Mattawa area, according to the Grant County Health District.

There were also 33 probable cases and 125 tests still pending results. Fifty-two people had recovered enough to no longer be placed under quarantine, the health district reported last Friday in a weekly update.

Eight people sickened with the novel coronavirus are currently hospitalized.

Quincy had 51 confirmed cases. Moses Lake reported 32, and the Mattawa had 37 confirmed cases respectively as of Thursday evening.

Ephrata reported 14 confirmed cases and Royal City had twelve. Warden and Soap Lake each reported four, and the Grant County portion of the Othello area had a single case. The Coulee City area and Grand Coulee/Electric city have not had a confirmed case from their communities, according to the health district.

In addition to tests that have come back positive, 1,386 have come back negative. As of Thursday evening, around 10.1 percent of Grant County tests have come back positive, compared with around eight percent statewide, according to statistics from the state Department of Health.