Pierce County reports 80 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths on Tuesday
Pierce County on Tuesday reported 80 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths.
The deaths involved a Tacoma man in his 70s and a Gig Harbor woman in her 70s, both with underlying health conditions.
County totals are now 5,229 cases and 119 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,340 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 148.6. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 95.7. There are an estimated 2,324 still-active cases in the county, according to the health department.
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.
Tuesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 121 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 351 (343)
▪ East Pierce County: 139 (135)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 205 (202)
▪ Frederickson: 196 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 139 (138)
▪ Graham: 164 (160)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 31 (30)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 156 (154)
▪ Lakewood: 483 (474)
▪ Parkland: 294 (293)
▪ Puyallup: 329 (324)
▪ South Hill: 277 (272)
▪ South Pierce County: 110 (107)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 55 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 223 (218)
▪ Tacoma: 1,675 (1,652)
▪ University Place: 229 (219)
▪ Unknown: 52 (56)
