By EMRY DINMAN

Staff Writer

GRAND COULEE — A Grand Coulee man in his 50s who was previously hospitalized is the fourth Grant County resident to pass away due to complications from COVID-19, according to Grant County Health District.

“Our hearts are with his family and friends,” the health district wrote in a press release. “On behalf of Unified Command, our staff, Health Officer, and Board of Health, we are so sorry for your loss.”

The man’s name was not released.

Four new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported Monday, including three cases in the Mattawa area and one new case in the Quincy area. A case reported Sunday as being a Grant County resident was reassigned to another county after further investigation, bringing the total to 192, according to the health district.

While this was the largest single-day increase of new cases in weeks, it was out of 117 tests that came back Monday, of which 113 were negative. To date, 92 people have recovered enough to no longer be placed in isolation, just under half of all those who have tested positive, according to the health district.

There were also 35 probable cases and 91 tests pending results. Two people are currently hospitalized.

As of Monday evening, the Quincy area had 71 confirmed cases. Moses Lake’s total was 36, and Mattawa had 46, Ephrata had 16, Royal City had 12, Warden and Soap Lake each had four, the Grant County portion of the Othello area had a single case, and the Grand Coulee/Electric City area had two confirmed cases.

The Coulee City area has not had a confirmed case.

In addition to the 192 tests that have come back positive, 2,304 have come back negative. As of Thursday evening, around 7.7 percent of Grant County tests have come back positive, a number that has continued to fall from a height of around 13.5 percent at the end of March.