Pierce County reports 92 new COVID-19 cases, one new death

Pierce County on Monday reported 92 new COVID-19 cases and one new death. The death was a man in his 60s from Parkland with underlying health conditions.

County totals are now 5,149 cases and 117 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.

The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,334 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 147.9. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 95.3. There were 2,275 active cases as of Aug. 2.

In a statement 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.

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

▪ Bonney Lake: 121 (120)

▪ Central Pierce County: 343 (337)

▪ East Pierce County: 135 (132)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 202 (201)

▪ Frederickson: 196 (192)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 138 (134)

▪ Graham: 160 (158)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 30 (28)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 154 (no change)

▪ Lakewood: 474 (467)

▪ Parkland: 293 (no change)

▪ Puyallup: 324 (321)

▪ South Hill: 272 (263)

▪ South Pierce County: 107 (105)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 55 (54)

▪ Spanaway: 218 (211)

▪ Tacoma: 1,652 (1,626)

▪ University Place: 219 (216)

▪ Unknown: 56 (47)