GRANT COUNTY - There were 167 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Grant County as of Thursday evening, including three new cases reported each in Moses Lake and the Mattawa area, according to the Grant County Health District.

There were also 34 probable cases and 144 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 Thursday evening.

As of Thursday evening, Quincy had 54 confirmed cases. Moses Lake reported 36, and the Mattawa had 41 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 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, 1,636 have come back negative. As of Tuesday evening, around 9.3 percent of Grant County tests have come back positive, down from around 13.5 percent at the end of March, compared with around 7.4 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 around 82 percent have been 60 years old or younger.