Pierce County reports 72 new COVID-19 cases, one death on Friday
Pierce County reported 72 new COVID-19 cases Friday and one additional death.
County totals are now 8,928 confirmed cases and 183 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 906 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 100.4.
Average cases per day over the past 14 days are 64.7.
With a six-day data lag required in the state’s Safe Start measurements, the county’s case rate per 100,000 is 87.9.
There are an estimated 1,559 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: 230 (226)
▪ Central Pierce County: 515 (513)
▪ East Pierce County: 327 (323)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 393 (388)
▪ Frederickson: 375 (369)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 241 (240)
▪ Graham: 300 (299)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 68 (67)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 313 (309)
▪ Lakewood: 808 (801)
▪ Parkland: 461 (no change)
▪ Puyallup: 543 (539)
▪ South Hill: 480 (470)
▪ South Pierce County: 245 (242)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 93 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 392 (390)
▪ Tacoma: 2,724 (2,711)
▪ University Place: 334 (333)
▪ Unknown: 86 (84)
