Pierce County starts week with just 33 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
Pierce County on Monday reported 33 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths.
County totals are now at 6,680 cases and 146 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 650 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 72.1. The goal for counties in Phase 2 is 25 or fewer per 100,000.
The 14-day average has been on a downward slope through August.
There are an estimated 1,572 still-active cases in the county, according to the health department.
The health department has created a new dashboard to show how the county is doing in terms of returning students to in-person classes. The dashboard is at TPCHD.org/covidinfoschools.
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: 171 (169)
▪ Central Pierce County: 397 (395)
▪ East Pierce County: 205 (202)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 277 (275)
▪ Frederickson: 252 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 182 (no change)
▪ Graham: 225 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 49 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 216 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 617 (616)
▪ Parkland: 364 (362)
▪ Puyallup: 388 (386)
▪ South Hill: 358 (353)
▪ South Pierce County: 160 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 69 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 316 (313)
▪ Tacoma: 2,080 (2,073)
▪ University Place: 271 (no change)
▪ Unknown: 83 (80)
