Pierce County reports more than 800 new COVID-19 cases in past 14 days
Pierce County reported 66 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and one additional death.
The latest death involved a Puyallup woman in her 60s with underlying health conditions.
County totals are now 8,690 confirmed cases and 182 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 828 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 91.8.
Average cases per day over the past 14 days are 59.1.
With a six-day data lag required in the state’s Safe Start measurements, the county’s case rate per 100,000 is 81.
There are an estimated 1,456 still-active cases in the county.
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: 220 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 506 (503)
▪ East Pierce County: 313 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 373 (371)
▪ Frederickson: 349 (342)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 237 (236)
▪ Graham: 294 (293)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 67 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 301 (297)
▪ Lakewood: 786 (779)
▪ Parkland: 457 (454)
▪ Puyallup: 519 (516)
▪ South Hill: 462 (459)
▪ South Pierce County: 237 (234)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 92 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 388 (384)
▪ Tacoma: 2,675 (2,654)
▪ University Place: 329 (327)
▪ Unknown: 85 (no change)
This story was originally published October 13, 2020 at 2:30 PM.
