Pierce County reports 94 new COVID-19 cases Friday and 1 new death

Pierce County on Friday reported 94 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death.

County totals are now 4,876 cases and 116 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6. The death reported Friday was a man in his 80s from Frederickson who had underlying health conditions.

The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,330 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 147.5. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 95.0. There were 2,156 active cases as of July 30.

In a statement, the Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department wrote that 41.4% of the cases reported in the last two weeks are of 20-39 year olds.

The statement also said that more businesses are experiencing small numbers of cases. The News Tribune is keeping track of which restaurants have had confirmed cases.

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. For more information on other local testing sites, go to www.tpchd.org/covidtest.

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

▪ Bonney Lake: 118 (113)

▪ Central Pierce County: 319 (318)

▪ East Pierce County: 123 (no change)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 191 (188)

▪ Frederickson: 187 (181)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 126 (121)

▪ Graham: 147 (145)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 27 (26)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 150 (151)

▪ Lakewood: 458 (451)

▪ Parkland: 287 (279)

▪ Puyallup: 311 (305)

▪ South Hill: 259 (255)

▪ South Pierce County: 97 (96)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 54 (53)

▪ Spanaway: 197 (190)

▪ Tacoma: 1,569 (1,533)

▪ University Place: 210 (209)

▪ Unknown: 46 (47)

This story was originally published July 31, 2020 at 2:28 PM.