Pierce County reports 67 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths
Pierce County on Sunday reported 67 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths.
County totals are now 6,445 cases and 142 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 853 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 94.6. The goal for counties in Phase 2 is 25 or fewer per 100,000.
The average cases per day over the past 14 days is 60.9.
There are an estimated 2,045 still-active cases in the county as of Aug. 22, according to the health department.
The county ranks third for cumulative cases in the state.
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.
Sunday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 165 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 394 (392)
▪ East Pierce County: 184 (179)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 263 (259)
▪ Frederickson: 243 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 169 (168)
▪ Graham: 217 (216)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 44 (43)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 207 (204)
▪ Lakewood: 598 (596)
▪ Parkland: 353 (351)
▪ Puyallup: 383 (373)
▪ South Hill: 343 (337)
▪ South Pierce County: 155 (no changee)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 69 (67)
▪ Spanaway: 302 (299)
▪ Tacoma: 2,018 (1,996)
▪ University Place: 261 (259)
▪ Unknown: 77 (76)
This story was originally published August 23, 2020 at 2:11 PM.
