86 new COVID-19 cases, one new death reported in Pierce County

Pierce County on Tuesday reported 86 new COVID-19 cases and one new death.

County totals are now 3,912 cases and 104 deaths since the first case in the pandemic was recorded March 6.

The death reported Tuesday was of a man in his 80s from East Pierce County with underlying health conditions.

The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,027 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 113.9. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 73.4.

The county estimates 1,587 still-active cases as of July 20.

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, 22.8% are among 20-29 year olds, who make up 13.6% 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.

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

▪ Bonney Lake: 96 (no change)

▪ Central Pierce County: 253 (251)

▪ East Pierce County: 104 (100)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 162 (160)

▪ Frederickson: 141 (139)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 106 (103)

▪ Graham: 109 (no change)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 21 (18)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 129 (no change)

▪ Lakewood: 383 (378)

▪ Parkland: 220 (212)

▪ Puyallup: 264 (259)

▪ South Hill: 206 (202)

▪ South Pierce County: 79 (78)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 44 (45)

▪ Spanaway: 145 (139)

▪ Tacoma: 1,230 (1,203)

▪ University Place: 181 (180)

▪ Unknown: 38 (28)