County Briefs

141 county residents contract COVID-19

Mason County recorded 141 COVID-19 cases in the past week, according to the Division of Emergency Management.

Two people died in the past week, including a woman in her 40s and a man in his 60s. The seven-day case rate per 100,000 people is 175.2 and the 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 300.1.

Five people are hospitalized with COVID-19 and the county is 55% fully vaccinated.

As of Dec. 20, 82.2% of eligible people in the state have received at least one dose of a vaccine and 75.6% are fully vaccinated.

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