Coronavirus

Pierce County reports 84 new COVID-19 cases, three new deaths Saturday

Pierce County on Saturday reported 84 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths.

County totals are now 5,534 cases and 126 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.

The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,235 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 136.9. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 88.2.

There are 2,385 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.

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

▪ Bonney Lake: 127 (126)

▪ Central Pierce County: 367 (362)

▪ East Pierce County: 156 (151)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 214 (213)

▪ Frederickson: 206 (203)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 143 (144)

▪ Graham: 189 (185)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 33 (34)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 172 (169)

▪ Lakewood: 502 (498)

▪ Parkland: 314 (306)

▪ Puyallup: 336 (334)

▪ South Hill: 286 (281)

▪ South Pierce County: 120 (119)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 57 (no change)

▪ Spanaway: 247 (240)

▪ Tacoma: 1,771 (1,744)

▪ University Place: 237 (234)

▪ Unknown: 57 (58)

This story was originally published August 8, 2020 at 2:52 PM.

Jon Manley
The News Tribune
Jon Manley covers high school sports for The News Tribune. A McClatchy President’s Award winner and Gonzaga University graduate, Manley has covered the South Sound sports scene since 2013. He was voted the Washington state sportswriter of the year in 2024 by the National Sports Media Association. Born and raised in Tacoma. Support my work with a digital subscription
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