Coronavirus

Pierce County reports 108 new COVID-19 cases Sunday

Pierce County reported 108 new COVID-19 cases Sunday and one additional death.

The death was a man in his 60s from Tacoma with underlying health conditions.

County totals are now 9,126 confirmed cases and 185 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 996 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 110.4.

Average cases per day over the past 14 days are 71.1.

With a six-day data lag required in the state’s Safe Start measurements, the county’s case rate per 100,000 is 89.5.

There are an estimated 1,698 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

Sunday’s geographical case totals for Pierce County are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:

▪ Bonney Lake: 239 (235)

▪ Central Pierce County: 525 (518)

▪ East Pierce County: 334 (330)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 408 (399)

▪ Frederickson: 388 (380)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 249 (245)

▪ Graham: 305 (303)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 68 (no change)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 323 (317)

▪ Lakewood: 825 (817)

▪ Parkland: 465 (463)

▪ Puyallup: 557 (550)

▪ South Hill: 496 (486)

▪ South Pierce County: 254 (249)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 95 (94)

▪ Spanaway: 401 (398)

▪ Tacoma: 2,769 (2,743)

▪ University Place: 339 (337)

▪ Unknown: 86 (no change)

This story was originally published October 18, 2020 at 2:16 PM.

Lauren Kirschman
The News Tribune
Lauren Kirschman is the Seattle Kraken beat writer for The News Tribune. She previously covered the Pittsburgh Steelers for PennLive.com. A Pennsylvania native and a University of Pittsburgh graduate, she also covered college athletics for the Beaver County Times from 2012-2016.
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