Pierce County sees 67 new COVID-19 cases, one new death; Rite Aid to offer testing
Pierce County reported 67 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and one new death, a University Place woman in her 90s with underlying health conditions.
The county has reported 3,399 cases and 101 deaths since the first case in the pandemic was recorded March 6.
The county estimates 1,213 still-active cases.
The county has reported 813 cases in the past 14 days, an average of 58.1 cases per day. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 90.1.
The age group with the biggest percentage of cases is 20-29, representing 22 percent of the county’s cases but who represent just under 14 percent of the population.
Daily totals for cases and deaths can change as the county receives new information, finds duplicate data or is assigned cases originally attributed to other counties.
Testing is available at various sites in the county. Starting Thursday, July 16, Rite Aid is launching drive-thru testing at some of its stores in Washington, including 7041 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma, and 5700 100th ST. SW Suite 100 in Lakewood. More information is available at www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/services/covid-19-testing
For more information on other local testing sites, go to www.tpchd.org/covidtest.
Wednesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 82 (80)
▪ Central Pierce County: 221 (218)
▪ East Pierce County: 89 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 147 (146)
▪ Frederickson: 125 (123)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 93 (92)
▪ Graham: 97 (95)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 18 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 113 (110)
▪ Lakewood: 341 (335)
▪ Parkland: 199 (188)
▪ Puyallup: 225 (222)
▪ South Hill: 169 (165)
▪ South Pierce County: 65 (62)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 41 (40)
▪ Spanaway: 116 (115)
▪ Tacoma: 1,074 (1,054)
▪ University Place: 156 (154)
▪ Unknown: 28 (27)
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREHow we are reporting coronavirus numbers
The News Tribune reports confirmed coronavirus cases as listed by the Washington Department of Health and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in their daily updates.
The state total includes all cases submitted by county health departments by 11:59 p.m. the previous day and is updated once a day by 6 p.m. on its website. Its numbers only include the cases the health departments have reported directly to the state. In some cases, county health departments have reported cases publicly but not to the state health department by the daily deadline, leading to different totals on occasion.
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department updates its total by 2 p.m. each day on its website, and consists of all new confirmed cases reported by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
This story was originally published July 15, 2020 at 2:36 PM.
