Coronavirus

Pierce County reports 56 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, no new deaths

Pierce County on Wednesday reported 56 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths.

County totals are now 5,278 cases and 119 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.

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.

The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,299 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 144.2. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 92.8.

There are an estimated 2,327 still-active cases in the county, according to the health department.

Testing is available at various sites in the county. For more information on local testing sites, go to www.tpchd.org/covidtest.

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

▪ Bonney Lake: 122 (121)

▪ Central Pierce County: 353 (351)

▪ East Pierce County: 142 (139)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 208 (205)

▪ Frederickson: 197 (196)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 139 (no change)

▪ Graham: 166 (164)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 32 (31)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 157 (156)

▪ Lakewood: 491 (483)

▪ Parkland: 297 (294)

▪ Puyallup: 331 (329)

▪ South Hill: 276 (277)

▪ South Pierce County: 111 (110)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 56 (55)

▪ Spanaway: 225 (223)

▪ Tacoma: 1,692 (1,675)

▪ University Place: 229 (no change)

▪ Unknown: 54 (52)

Debbie Cockrell
The News Tribune
Debbie Cockrell has been with The News Tribune since 2009. She reports on business and development, local and regional issues. 
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