Test results back for 124 residents, but no new COVID cases in Jefferson County Wednesday

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Posted 2/4/21

COVID-19 test results were received Wednesday from another 124 Jefferson County residents, but no new cases of the coronavirus were reported Feb. 3.

Jefferson County Public Health officials said …

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Test results back for 124 residents, but no new COVID cases in Jefferson County Wednesday

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COVID-19 test results were received Wednesday from another 124 Jefferson County residents, but no new cases of the coronavirus were reported Feb. 3.

Jefferson County Public Health officials said 17,748 COVID tests have been given since the start of the pandemic, and 17,418 have come back negative.

The number of confirmed cases stood at 307 Wednesday, which marked the 11-month anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in Jefferson County.

Test results for 35 county residents were still pending late Wednesday. A total of 22 people remain in isolation.

Three additional patients were reported as recovered from COVID-19 Wednesday, for a total of 255.

Twenty-three county residents have been hospitalized for COVID since the start of the pandemic, and two have died.

Statewide, a total of 301,372 confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been found in Washington, and 4,388 people have died from the disease, according to the Washington State Department of Health, through Feb. 3.