Second day of lower total for new COVID-19 cases reported in Pierce County
Pierce County on Tuesday reported 30 new COVID-19 cases and one new death.
The new death reported Tuesday involved a Tacoma woman in her 90s with underlying health conditions.
The lower total for Tuesday follows Monday’s even lower one-day case count, which was the lowest in single-day new cases since June 28, when 19 new cases were reported.
In recent weeks, the single-day totals have spiked past 50 or more, peaking with 120 new cases on Aug. 5.
County totals are now at 6,485 cases and 144 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 771 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 85.5. 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 55.1.
There are an estimated 1,913 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.
Tuesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 167 (166)
▪ Central Pierce County: 394 (395)
▪ East Pierce County: 190 (185)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 265 (263)
▪ Frederickson: 243 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 170 (168)
▪ Graham: 219 (217)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 44 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 209 (208)
▪ Lakewood: 598 (599)
▪ Parkland: 352 (no change)
▪ Puyallup: 385 (no change)
▪ South Hill: 344 (343)
▪ South Pierce County: 156 (155)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 69 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 305 (303)
▪ Tacoma: 2,035 (2,024)
▪ University Place: 265 (264)
▪ Unknown: 75 (78)
