COVID cases declining in Mason County

Mason County COVID-19 cases are in decline with 142 confirmed cases since Nov. 23.

The 7-day case rate per 100,000 has declined from 167.6 on Nov. 23 to 88.4 on Nov. 30. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 269.6. The county is 54.1% vaccinated.

Mason County Public Health made changes to their COVID reporting, including turning the case reporting of the data to the state Department of Health. Public Health continued to report out numbers using various reports from the Washington Disease Reporting System, but found the reports were returning different numbers than the state was reporting on the...