Grant County Reports Major Spike in COVID-19 Cases
Grant County is seeing a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, similar to the spike now hitting Chelan and Douglas counties.
Numbers out Thursday from the Grant County Health District show there have been about 180 new cases per day in the past week.
Seven day totals have more than doubled from a week ago (1,261 on Jan. 13 vs 502 on Jan. 6).
The Grant County Health District is asking residents to be on the lookout for test kits early next week, along with masks.
The agency says it's working to bring back additional Saturday testing and vaccine clinics.
The county's case rate jumped by about 53 percent over the past week (748 cases per 100,000 over 14 days on Jan vs to 1,726 cases per 100,000 over 14 days in Jan,13).