Submitted by Lewis County Public Health & Social Services
Lewis County Public Health & Social Services (LCPHSS) announced August 9 that five more Lewis County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of Lewis County residents who have tested positive to 236.
One of the five new patients is under age 10, one is under age 20, and one each is in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. None of these five are hospitalized today, so the number who have been hospitalized at some time in their illness remains at 26. No new recoveries have been identified. Three of the 236 total patients have died.
Three of these five new patients live in County Commissioner District #1, the other two live in District #2. New case totals by Commissioner district are:
Cases Recovered
District 1……….. 106……………. 36
District 2…………. 91……………. 41
District 3…………. 39……………. 14
No new overall testing data was available from the Washington State Department of Health today. As of its last report, 6,393 Lewis County residents have been tested for COVID-19.
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.
