Thurston reports 48 new COVID-19 cases Friday as rate continues to fall The Olympian 2/6/2021 The Olympian Staff, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.) Feb. 6—Thurston County reported 48 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, but no new deaths, data from Thurston County Public Health & Social Services show. So far this week, 120 new cases have been reported. The new cases bring the total number of cases to 6,586 in Thurston County since March. Of that total, 5,018 patients are considered recovered or recovering; 334 people have been hospitalized at some point in their illness; and 63 have died. The county is dealing with outbreaks in eight congregate care settings; there have been 48 such outbreaks since March.