COVID-19 daily numbers trending downward in Pierce County; three new deaths reported
Pierce County reported 54 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with three additional deaths.
Totals were last measured by the county on Friday, before the holiday weekend.
Here are the totals for previous days:
▪ Feb. 14: 72
▪ Feb. 13: 106
▪ Feb. 12: 211
The latest deaths included:
▪ A Lake Tapps/Sumner man in his 80s.
▪ A Puyallup man in his 80s.
▪ A Puyallup woman in her 80s.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department no longer assigns underlying condition status to individual deaths it reports and instead counts underlying conditions as part of a percentage of the total number of deaths, which was at 64 percent as of Feb. 16.
The county’s totals are now 34,989 cases and 432 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
With a six-day data lag, required by the state in its phased reopening measurements, the 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 237.7. That data point offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden in Pierce County, according to health officials.
The county has reported 1,770 cases in the past 14 days. Average cases per day in the past 14 days are at 153.1.
Testing is available at various sites. More information on testing sites is available on the health department’s website.
Vaccination information and data is available on the website. The state and county are currently in Tier 1 of Phase 1B.
GEOGRAPHIC TOTALS
Tuesday’s cumulative geographic totals with Friday’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 944 (930)
▪ Central Pierce County: 1,602 (1,586)
▪ East Pierce County: 1,495 (1,477)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 1,453 (1,432)
▪ Frederickson: 1,295 (1,283)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 1,099 (1,087)
▪ Graham: 1,169 (1,157)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 317 (316)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 1,241 (1,222)
▪ Lakewood: 2,882 (2,848)
▪ Parkland: 1,748 (1,714)
▪ Puyallup: 2,032 (2,009)
▪ South Hill: 2,000 (1,975)
▪ South Pierce County: 1,098 (1,085)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 496 (492)
▪ Spanaway: 1,638 (1,611)
▪ Tacoma: 9,866 (9,752)
▪ University Place: 1,165 (1,151)
▪ Unknown: 1,449 (1,421)
Vaccines
As of Feb. 10:
▪ About 132,810 total doses administered in Pierce County.
▪ About 107,970 total doses administered to Pierce County residents.
▪ Among county residents, 23,963 have received two doses and are fully vaccinated.
▪ Last week, more than 13,400 people received their first dose of vaccine in Pierce County.
Roadmap to Recovery
Metrics for Puget Sound Region (including Pierce County) last updated Feb. 12. Next update: Feb. 26. More information is at coronavirus.wa.gov/what-you-need-know/roadmap-recovery-metrics
Three of four metrics must be met to maintain phase. Pierce County, along with King and Snohomish counties, are in Phase 2.
▪ Trend in case rate: Down 41 percent
Rate over two weeks must be decreasing or show a flat trend. (A decrease is considered -10% or more; remaining flat is considered 0% to -9.9%; an increase is anything more than 0%).
▪ Trend in hospital admissions rates: Down 14 percent
The rate over two weeks must be decreasing or flat. (A decrease is considered -10% or more; remaining flat is considered 0% to -9.9%; an increase is anything more than 0%).
▪ Percent ICU occupancy: 85 percent.
The occupancy must be less than 90 percent. (Low occupancy is considered less than 90% while high occupancy is considered 90% or more).
▪ Percent positivity: 6 percent.
The COVID test positivity rate must be less than 10 percent. (Low is considered less than 10% while high is considered 10% or more).
This story was originally published February 16, 2021 at 2:38 PM.
