Submitted by Lewis County Public Health & Social Services
Lewis County Public Health & Social Services (LCPHSS) announced on July 24 that four more Lewis County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. None of these four are hospitalized. Two patients are in their 20s and two are in their 40s. No new recoveries or hospitalizations were reported.
Two of the four live in Commissioner District #1, one lives in District #2, and one lives in District. #3. New case totals by County Commissioner district are:
Cases Recovered
District 1…………. 56……………. 25
District 2…………. 66……………. 19
District 3…………. 27……………… 7
149 Lewis County residents have tested positive since the first case was reported on March 4, 2020. Nineteen of the 149 cases, or about one in eight of the people known to have been infected, have been hospitalized at some time in their illness. Three of the 149 have died. Fifty-one of the 149 are considered recovered under the current definition of being alive and not hospitalized 28 days after symptoms began.
To date 5,341 Lewis County residents have been tested for COVID-19, with 149 (2.8%) testing positive.
People can stay informed by following the Lewis County COVID-19 web page at covid19.lewiscountywa.gov, @LCPHSS on Twitter, or www.facebook.com/lcphss.
In addition, DOH has a call center to answer questions from the public. If you have questions about what is happening in Washington, how the virus is spread, and what to do if you have symptoms, call 1-800-525-0127 or text 211-211.
