Pierce County reports 77 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths
Pierce County on Sunday reported 77 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths.
County totals are now 5,059 cases and 116 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,302 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 144.3. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 93.0. There were 2,244 active cases as of Aug. 1.
In a statement on Friday, 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.
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.
Sunday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 120 (119)
▪ Central Pierce County: 337 (329)
▪ East Pierce County: 132 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 201 (197)
▪ Frederickson: 192 (188)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 134 (130)
▪ Graham: 158 (155)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 28 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 154 (153)
▪ Lakewood: 467 (462)
▪ Parkland: 293 (290)
▪ Puyallup: 321 (319)
▪ South Hill: 263 (261)
▪ South Pierce County: 105 (100)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 54 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 211 (204)
▪ Tacoma: 1,626 (1,603)
▪ University Place: 216 (214)
▪ Unknown: 47 (46)
This story was originally published August 2, 2020 at 2:30 PM.
