Pierce County starts week with lowest COVID-19 single-day new case total since June
Pierce County on Monday reported 23 new COVID-19 cases and one new death.
The one-day case count was the lowest in single-day new cases since June 28, when 19 new cases were reported.
The additional death involved a Puyallup man in his 80s with underlying health conditions.
County totals are now at 6,461 cases and 143 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 818 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 90.7. 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 58.4.
There are an estimated 1,963 still-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.
Monday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 166 (165)
▪ Central Pierce County: 395 (394)
▪ East Pierce County: 185 (184)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 263 (no change)
▪ Frederickson: 243 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 168 (169)
▪ Graham: 217 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 44 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 208 (207)
▪ Lakewood: 599 (598)
▪ Parkland: 352 (353)
▪ Puyallup: 385 (383)
▪ South Hill: 343 (no change)
▪ South Pierce County: 155 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 69 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 303 (302)
▪ Tacoma: 2,024 (2,018)
▪ University Place: 264 (261)
▪ Unknown: 78 (77)
This story was originally published August 24, 2020 at 2:27 PM with the headline "Pierce County starts week with lowest COVID-19 single-day new case total since June."
