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Skagit County passed 1,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus Aug. 28 with 17 more positive test results over the weekend, for 1,020 cases reported Aug. 31. There were 86 new cases in the 14 day period ending Monday, as reported on Skagit County Public Health’s website, with 92 people now or formerly hospitalized, 629 recovered and 22 deaths.

There were single digit case counts the last nine days, Aug 23-31, ranging from no cases Aug. 23 to eight cases on Aug. 29. Higher positive test results were reported at the Skagit Valley College test site because out-of-county residents testing pos...