Pierce County sees 43 new COVID-19 cases, two new deaths on Tuesday
Pierce County reported 43 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and two additional deaths.
The new deaths involved a Puyallup woman in her 70s with underlying health conditions, and a Puyallup man in his 60s with no known underlying health conditions.
County totals are now 7,516 cases and 166 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 518 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 57.4. The goal for counties in Phase 2 is 25 or fewer per 100,000.
With a six-day data lag required in the state’s Safe Start measurements, the county’s case rate per 100,000 is at 54.9.
Average cases per day over the past 14 days is 37.
There are an estimated 1,047 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 for Pierce County are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 186 (185)
▪ Central Pierce County: 446 (445)
▪ East Pierce County: 252 (251)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 316 (no change)
▪ Frederickson: 290 (289)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 209 (208)
▪ Graham: 256 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 57 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 234 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 673 (670)
▪ Parkland: 414 (412)
▪ Puyallup: 453 (451)
▪ South Hill: 402 (397)
▪ South Pierce County: 199 (193)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 77 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 346 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 2,328 (2,313)
▪ University Place: 300 (299)
▪ Unknown: 78 (77)
This story was originally published September 22, 2020 at 2:18 PM.
