Pierce County reports 19 new COVID-19 cases
Pierce County reported 19 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and no additional deaths.
The county total is now 1,947 cases. There have been 77 deaths of people with COVID-19, and COVID-19 is the likely cause of 73 deaths.
Pierce County has conducted 26,280 tests, according to the Department of Health, with 7.3% coming back positive. Care facility negative tests are unavailable. About 83,000 tests aren’t yet assigned to a county, which means the positive test rate is likely lower.
The county’s data estimates 454 cases are still active.
Case and death data can change as new information emerges to correct duplicates, false positives or assign a case to another county.
Gov. Jay Inslee announced new criteria for Phase 2 effective June 1. A county is eligible to apply for Phase 2 if it meets certain criteria, including:
▪ Fewer than 25 new cases per 100,000 residents over a 14-day period.
▪ Pierce County had 18.1 new cases per 100,000 residents over the last 14 days. That’s 163 new cases in the last 14 days, an average of 11.6 new cases each day.
▪ Flat or decreasing trends in hospitalizations for COVID-19.
▪ Adequate testing.
▪ Sufficient hospital capacity.
▪ Robust case and contact tracing system.
▪ Low number of outbreaks among vulnerable populations.
County officials have already indicated intent to submit an application to the state Monday to move into Phase 2.
“We’ve been making what I hope is a very compelling case to the governor that the people of Pierce County are ready to responsibly and safely move to Phase 2,” Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier said during Friday’s COVID-19 Business Info Series call.
“We’ve got small businesses, we’ve got families that are hanging on by their fingernails, and I want to make sure we are getting to Phase 2 as quickly as possible.”
The Pierce County Council has a special meeting planned for 10 a.m. Monday.
Sunday’s geographical case totals are listed below with Saturday’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 48 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 142 (141)
▪ East Pierce County: 54 (53)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 93 (89)
▪ Frederickson: 65 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 54 (no change)
▪ Graham: 57 (56)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 48 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 205 (202)
▪ Parkland: 110 (108)
▪ Puyallup: 140 (138)
▪ South Hill: 105 (104)
▪ South Pierce County: 37 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 21 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 66 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 623 (619)
▪ University Place: 63 (no change)
▪ Unknown: 9 (no change)
Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
