Pierce County reports 79 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths
Pierce County on Sunday reported 79 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths.
County totals are now 5,610 cases and 126 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma Pierce-County Health Department has reported 1,222 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 135.5. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 87.3.
There are 2,391 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.
Sunday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 129 (127)
▪ Central Pierce County: 373 (367)
▪ East Pierce County: 158 (156)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 216 (214)
▪ Frederickson: 209 (206)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 144 (143)
▪ Graham: 192 (189)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 34 (33)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 171 (172)
▪ Lakewood: 507 (502)
▪ Parkland: 315 (314)
▪ Puyallup: 341 (336)
▪ South Hill: 289 (286)
▪ South Pierce County: 124 (120)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 57 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 254 (257)
▪ Tacoma: 1,801 (1,771)
▪ University Place: 239 (234)
▪ Unknown: 57 (58)
This story was originally published August 9, 2020 at 2:49 PM.
