Pierce County continues with elevated level of new COVID-19 cases Thursday
Pierce County reported 85 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and no additional deaths.
County totals are now 8,858 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 893 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 99.
Average cases per day over the past 14 days are 63.8.
With a six-day data lag required in the state’s Safe Start measurements, the county’s case rate per 100,000 is 88.4.
There are an estimated 1,561 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.
Geographic totals
Thursday’s geographical case totals for Pierce County are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 226 (224)
▪ Central Pierce County: 513 (509)
▪ East Pierce County: 323 (321)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 388 (376)
▪ Frederickson: 369 (366)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 240 (241)
▪ Graham: 299 (294)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 67 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 309 (307)
▪ Lakewood: 801 (796)
▪ Parkland: 461 (459)
▪ Puyallup: 539 (522)
▪ South Hill: 470 (465)
▪ South Pierce County: 242 (238)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 93 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 390 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 2,711 (2,694)
▪ University Place: 333 (330)
▪ Unknown: 84 (86)
