60 new COVID-19 cases in Pierce County; virus claims life of centenarian
Pierce County on Monday reported 60 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death, a South Hill man in his 100s with underlying health conditions..
County totals are now 3,829 cases and 103 deaths since the first case in the pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 975 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 108.1. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 69.6.
The county estimates 1,525 still-active cases.
Pierce County has experienced record case numbers in recent days, with more than 100 new cases reported Saturday and nearly 100 on Sunday.
The health 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 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. Rite Aid has launched 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.
Monday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 96 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 251 (245)
▪ East Pierce County: 100 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 160 (156)
▪ Frederickson: 139 (135)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 103 (no change)
▪ Graham: 109 (108)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 18 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 129 (124)
▪ Lakewood: 378 (376)
▪ Parkland: 212 (211)
▪ Puyallup: 259 (258)
▪ South Hill: 202 (196)
▪ South Pierce County: 78 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 45 (44)
▪ Spanaway: 139 (136)
▪ Tacoma: 1,203 (1,180)
▪ University Place: 180 (178)
▪ 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 20, 2020 at 2:27 PM.
