Seven new COVID-19 cases in Pierce County, no new deaths

Pierce County reported seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and no additional deaths.

The county’s totals are now at 2,078 cases and 82 deaths since March 6, when the county’s first case was reported. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department estimates there are about 358 cases still active.

Daily case and death totals can change as the county receives new information about cases, finds duplicate data or is assigned cases originally attributed to other counties.

There have been 20.7 new cases per 100,000 residents during the past 14 days, the site says.

Pierce County had 187 new cases in the last 14 days, an average of 13.4 new cases each day.

There have been 31,635 tests conducted in the county with positive results at 6.5 percent, according to the state Department of Health. Care facility negative tests are unavailable and about 80,000 tests aren’t yet assigned to a county, which means the positive test rate is likely lower.

Testing is available at various sites in the county. For more information, go to tpchd.org/healthy-people/diseases/covid-19/testing-information.

Care facilities, cases by population

The health department each Wednesday offers additional case updates.

Hospitalizations were down from the previous week, and the percentage breakdown of deaths since the start of COVID-19 deaths in the county were as follows:

▪ Hospitalized: 61 percent.

▪ Lived or worked in a care facility: 85.9 percent.

▪ Had underlying health conditions: 97.6 percent.

As many as 331 confirmed COVID-19 cases (15.9 percent of total cases) in Pierce County are health care workers.

This week, the county reported 475 cases at congregate care facilities, up from 462 cases last week. The “Other Facilities” listing includes sites with fewer than 10 cases or fewer than 30 beds. It also includes homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and rehabilitation centers.

Cases at care facilities among residents and staff as of Wednesday are listed with previous week’s totals in parentheses. Newly listed locations will only show one case total:

▪ Alpha Cottages (Gibraltar Assisted Living), Central Pierce County: 36 (no new cases in 28 days)

▪ Avamere Puget Sound Transitional Care, Tacoma: 31 (no new cases in 28 days)

▪ Heartwood Extended Health Care, Tacoma: 70 (no new cases in 28 days)

▪ Lindon Grove, Puyallup: 72 (69)

▪ Orchard Park Health and Rehab Center, Tacoma, 22 (no change)

▪ People’s Retirement Center, Tacoma: 19 (no change)

▪ Pioneer Place Memory Haven, Central Pierce County: 15 (no change)

▪ Tacoma Lutheran Retirement Community, Tacoma: 10

▪ The Cottages at Edgewood, Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 14 (no new cases in 28 days)

▪ Other facilities, multiple areas: 186 (no change)

Total number of cases and deaths in Pierce County since March 6 by race/ethnicity and previous week’s totals since March 6 in parentheses:

▪ Asian: 108 cases, 3 deaths (105 cases, 2 deaths)

▪ Black or African American: 179 cases, 5 deaths (171 cases, 4 deaths)

▪ Hispanic: 359 cases, 7 deaths (347 cases, 5 deaths)

▪ Multiple race: 20 cases, 0 deaths (18 cases, 0 deaths)

▪ Native American/Alaska Native: 32 cases, 1 death (28 cases, 1 death)

▪ Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 100 cases, 3 deaths (95 cases, 3 deaths)

▪ White: 834 cases, 54 deaths (781 cases, 37 deaths)

Patients aren’t required to report race/ethnicity, so the data is not a complete reflection of actual numbers. The rates are based on the 78.4 percent of cases and 89 percent of deaths for which the health department has race/ethnicity data. The full table is updated each Wednesday at tpchd.org/healthy-people/diseases/covid-19-pierce-county-cases/.

Wednesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:

▪ Bonney Lake: 48 (no change)

▪ Central Pierce County: 147 (146)

▪ East Pierce County: 59 (no change)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 94 (no change)

▪ Frederickson: 70 (69)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 55 (no change)

▪ Graham: 70 (69)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 51 (no change)

▪ Lakewood: 216 (no change)

▪ Parkland: 128 (127)

▪ Puyallup: 148 (no change)

▪ South Hill: 105 (no change)

▪ South Pierce County: 39 (no change)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 22 (no change)

▪ Spanaway: 66 (no change)

▪ Tacoma: 668 (663)

▪ University Place: 73 (no change)

▪ Unknown: 12 (no change)

Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.

This story was originally published June 10, 2020 at 2:17 PM.

Debbie Cockrell

The News Tribune

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Debbie Cockrell has been with The News Tribune since 2009. She reports on business and development, local and regional issues.