Ten new COVID-19 infections found in Jefferson County 

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Ten more residents have tested positive for COVID-19, Jefferson County health officials reported Tuesday.

An additional hospitalization due to the disease was also announced Aug. 31.

The new cases pushed the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Jefferson County to 695.

Positive COVID test results were reported across the county; five in Port Townsend, three in the mid-county area, and two in south county.

Three of the new infections involved females; the other seven involved males.

One resident under the age of 12 was infected, along with one resident between the age of 12 and 19, two residents in their 20s, two residents in their 40s, two residents in their 60s, and two in their 70s.

A total of 46 residents were still in isolation Tuesday due to potential COVID-19 contact.

A total of 67 test results are still pending, according to Jefferson County Public Health.

There have been 29,546 tests for COVID-19 in Jefferson County since the start of the pandemic, and 28,784 have resulted in negative results.

New test results from 120 residents were received Tuesday.

In Jefferson County, 537 people have recovered from COVID-19 and 45 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.)

Four deaths of Jefferson County residents have been linked to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.