Pierce County reports 97 new COVID-19 cases
Pierce County on Sunday reported 97 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths.
County totals are now 3,769 cases and 102 deaths since the first case in the pandemic was recorded March 6.
Th Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 974 cases in the last 14 days. As of Saturday, the 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 108.0. The average cases per day over the last 14 days as of Saturday is 69.6.
The county estimates 1,473 active cases.
Pierce County has experienced record case numbers in recent days. The Tacoma-Pierce County Heath Department said in a release that clusters of cases are appearing throughout the county. Of those cases, 22% are among 20-29 year old who make up 14% of the population.
The department also said it is seeing an increase of cases or secondary transmissions from Fourth of July and all types in Phase 2 where people are not physically distancing or wearing face coverings. More businesses are also experiencing small numbers of cases, according to the release.
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. This week, Rite Aid launched drive-thru testing at some of its stores in Washington, including 7041 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma, and 5700 100th Street 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.
Sunday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 96 (94)
▪ Central Pierce County: 245 (235)
▪ East Pierce County: 100 (99)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 156 (151)
▪ Frederickson: 135 (131)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 103 (100)
▪ Graham: 108 (105)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 18 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 124 (121)
▪ Lakewood: 376 (372)
▪ Parkland: 211 (207)
▪ Puyallup: 258 (251)
▪ South Hill: 196 (186)
▪ South Pierce County: 78 (76)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 44 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 136 (131)
▪ Tacoma: 1,180 (1,160)
▪ University Place: 178 (167)
▪ Unknown: 27 (26)
This story was originally published July 19, 2020 at 4:22 PM.
