Pierce County sees 72 new COVID-19 cases, one new death
Pierce County on Thursday reported 72 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death.
The new death involved a Lakewood woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions.
County totals are now 5,846 cases and 130 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The health department has reported 1,081 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 119.7. The average cases per day over the last 14 days is 77.1.
There are 2,349 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 testing sites, go to www.tpchd.org/covidtest.
Thursday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 141 (136)
▪ Central Pierce County: 377 (376)
▪ East Pierce County: 171 (170)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 222 (219)
▪ Frederickson: 224 (221)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 153 (148)
▪ Graham: 203 (199)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 40 (39)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 179 (178)
▪ Lakewood: 537 (528)
▪ Parkland: 328 (323)
▪ Puyallup: 347 (344)
▪ South Hill: 304 (301)
▪ South Pierce County: 136 (133)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 62 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 267 (266)
▪ Tacoma: 1,849 (1,833)
▪ University Place: 242 (241)
▪ Unknown: 65 (63)
This story was originally published August 13, 2020 at 2:42 PM.
