Coronavirus

Pierce County reports 267 new COVID-19 cases

Pierce County reported 267 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and no additional deaths.

County totals are now 16,264 confirmed cases and 231 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 3,395 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 376.4. Average cases per day over the past 14 days are 242.5.

With a six-day data lag required in the state’s Safe Start measurements, the county’s case rate per 100,000 is 361.3.

There are an estimated 5,910 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 geographic case totals for Pierce County are listed below with previous day’s total in parentheses:

▪ Bonney Lake: 432 (428)

▪ Central Pierce County: 849 (840)

▪ East Pierce County: 598 (590)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 718 (711)

▪ Frederickson: 657 (647)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 565 (555)

▪ Graham: 530 (522)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 132 (130)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 611 (596)

▪ Lakewood: 1,351 (1,331)

▪ Parkland: 827 (812)

▪ Puyallup: 1,072 (1,056)

▪ South Hill: 926 (905)

▪ South Pierce County: 491 (480)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 208 (206)

▪ Spanaway: 746 (737)

▪ Tacoma: 4,804 (4,726)

▪ University Place: 596 (586)

▪ Unknown: 151 (138)

This story was originally published November 29, 2020 at 2:59 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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