Health district: Protect yourself from COVID-19 this summer

Grant County Health District (GCHD) observed an increase in COVID-19 infections on a local, state, and national level last month, the agency stated in a release Tuesday.

• In Washington, there was a 14% increase in COVID-associated emergency department visits towards the end of June. Nationwide that increase was over 23%.

• In Grant County, COVID-19-associated hospitalizations were back to over 2%...