Coronavirus: Three new cases confirmed, including first in Electric City
EMRY DINMAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 6 months AGO
GRANT COUNTY - There were 161 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Tuesday evening, including the first case in Electric City and one new case each reported in Moses Lake and the Quincy area, according to the Grant County Health District.
There were also 35 probable cases and 129 tests still pending results. Sixty people had recovered enough to no longer be placed under quarantine, the health district last reported Monday.
Nine people sickened with the novel coronavirus are currently hospitalized, including one additional hospitalization reported Tuesday evening.
As of Monday evening, Quincy had 54 confirmed cases. Moses Lake reported 33, and the Mattawa had 38 confirmed cases respectively as of Wednesday 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 Grand Coulee/Electric City reported its first case Tuesday.
The Coulee City area has not had a confirmed case from their communities, according to the health district.
In addition to tests that have come back positive, 1,549 have come back negative. As of Tuesday evening, around 9.4 percent of Grant County tests have come back positive, down from around 13.5 percent at the end of March, compared with around eight percent statewide, according to statistics from the state Department of Health.
This is the lowest rate of tests coming back positive that the region has seen since the outbreak began, according to a tally by the Herald.
Almost 62 percent of positive cases thus far were women, while almost 82 percent have been 60 years old or younger.