Pierce County’s new COVID-19 cases slightly increase after two days of lower numbers
Pierce County on Wednesday reported 44 new COVID-19 cases and one new death.
The new death involved a Tacoma woman in her 60s with underlying health conditions.
It was the third day in a row for lower case totals compared with recent weeks, when single-day totals spiked past 50 or more, peaking with 120 new cases on Aug. 5.
Wednesday’s total, though, was still higher than Monday’s 19 or Tuesday’s 30 new cases.
County totals are now at 6,515 cases and 145 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 762 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 84.5. 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 54.4.
There are an estimated 1,854 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.
Wednesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 167 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 396 (394)
▪ East Pierce County: 191 (190)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 268 (265)
▪ Frederickson: 246 (243)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 172 (170)
▪ Graham: 220 (219)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 44 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 211 (209)
▪ Lakewood: 605 (598)
▪ Parkland: 352 (no change)
▪ Puyallup: 386 (385)
▪ South Hill: 345 (344)
▪ South Pierce County: 160 (156)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 69 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 309 (305)
▪ Tacoma: 2,037 (2,035)
▪ University Place: 263 (265)
▪ Unknown: 74 (75)
This story was originally published August 26, 2020 at 2:21 PM.
