Eight new cases of COVID-19 have been discovered in Jefferson County, public health officials announced Friday.

The locations, ages and genders of the residents has not been released publicly.

According to Jefferson County Public Health, it will no longer release any details on those who have tested positive.

"Due to our growing workload, moving forward, we are no longer able to provide individual information about each case," the health department said on its website.

But based on a comparison with the statistics of prior individual cases, the eight new cases all involve males.

Seven of the new cases are in Port Townsend, and the eighth infection is in mid-county, according to a comparison between case statistics reported Thursday and the new overall numbers released Friday.

Test results came back Friday for 46 patients.

A total of 303 residents in Jefferson County have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials said 11 people in Jefferson County were still awaiting COVID-19 test results late Friday, and 23 people remain in isolation. 

A total of 246 residents have recovered from COVID. 

Through Jan. 29, a total of 17,490 tests have been administered for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, and 17,176 tests have come back negative.

According to the health department, 22 residents have been hospitalized after getting the coronavirus, and two deaths in Jefferson County have been attributed to the disease.