Seventy new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past five days in Jefferson County, according to Jefferson County Public Health.
The new cases pushed the total number of coronavirus …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you had an active account on our previous website, then you have an account here. Simply reset your password to regain access to your account.
If you did not have an account on our previous website, but are a current print subscriber, click here to set up your website account.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
* Having trouble? Call our circulation department at 360-385-2900, or email our support.
Please log in to continue |
|
Seventy new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past five days in Jefferson County, according to Jefferson County Public Health.
The new cases pushed the total number of coronavirus infections in Jefferson County to 805 on Tuesday.
Most of those 70 new cases — 45 — were in Port Townsend.
Nineteen of the cases were in the mid-county area, while five additional cases were in south county, and one on the West End.
A total of 108 residents were still in isolation Tuesday due to potential COVID-19 contact.
There have been 30,485 tests for COVID-19 in Jefferson County since the start of the pandemic, and 29,426 have resulted in negative results.
In Jefferson County, 592 people have recovered from COVID-19 and 53 people have been hospitalized for the disease. (People are considered "recovered" at 28 days from the onset of symptoms if they are alive and not hospitalized, according to the state Department of Health.)
Six deaths of Jefferson County residents have been linked to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
