Here are the COVID-19 case numbers reported Monday in Pierce County

Pierce County reported 137 new COVID-19 cases Monday with nine new deaths.

The deaths were:

▪ A man in his 70s from Tacoma.

▪ A man in his 40s from Bonney Lake.

▪ A woman in her 50s from Central Pierce County.

▪ A man in his 100s from East Pierce County.

▪ A woman in her 90s from Central Pierce County.

▪ A man in his 60s from Tacoma.

▪ A man in his 80s from Tacoma.

▪ A woman in her 70s from Edgewood/Fife/Milton.

▪ A woman in her 50s from Tacoma.

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 as of May 4 was 75.7 percent.

“Five of these deaths occurred between December 2020 and April 2021. The state initially reported these deaths to another county, we entered them into our data system as part of another investigation, or the deceased status was unknown,” the county health department said in a Monday news release. “We continually update the information we receive during the investigative process and report the most accurate data each day.”

The health department also reported 271 cases from over the weekend: 120 on May 8 and 151 on May 9.

The county’s totals are now 46,032 cases and 544 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.

On May 4, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a pause in taking action based on the state’s Roadmap to Recovery metrics after a plateau of cases was observed in the state’s overall numbers over the weekend. All counties will remain in their current phase, which, for Pierce, means Phase 2. Pierce was one of three counties rolled back in April.

Ferry County also voluntarily rolled itself back to Phase 2 based on its case rate.

Pierce County’s 14-day case rate per 100,000 was 367 as of May 10 with an eight-day reporting delay, according to the state’s Roadmap to Recovery metric. Phase 2 allows for 200-350 cases per 100,000.

New hospitalizations per 100,000 over seven days also need to stay between 5-10 in Phase 2. Pierce County was at 11.3 as of May 10.

The next evaluation comes May 18. Counties must stay within at least one metric to retain a phase. If a county fails both, it slides back one phase. Counties that meet both metrics of a higher level phase can advance one phase.

Testing is available at various places. Local libraries in Tacoma and Pierce County also offer test kits available for curbside pickup. More information on testing is available on the health department’s website.

GEOGRAPHIC TOTALS

Friday’s cumulative geographic totals with previous day’s reported totals in parentheses:

▪ Bonney Lake: 1,321 (1,306)

▪ Central Pierce County: 2,080 (2,058)

▪ East Pierce County: 2,171 (2,149)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 1,859 (1,840)

▪ Frederickson: 1,717 (1,698)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 1,434 (1,428)

▪ Graham: 1,538 (1,516)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 410 (no change)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 1,765 (1,747)

▪ Lakewood: 3,707 (3,672)

▪ Parkland: 2,211 (2,195)

▪ Puyallup: 2,623 (2,594)

▪ South Hill: 2,646 (2,621)

▪ South Pierce County: 1,503 (1,483)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 665 (653)

▪ Spanaway: 2,165 (2,150)

▪ Tacoma: 12,478 (12,394)

▪ University Place: 1,465 (1,462)

▪ Unknown: 2,274 (2,248)

VACCINES

As of May 3:

▪ About 563,395 total doses given to Pierce County residents, according to the health department. More than 5.64 million have been administered statewide.

In the county, 34.88 percent of the total population has initiated vaccination, and 25.34 percent are fully vaccinated, compared with 43.99 percent in the state initiating vaccines, and 31.60 percent fully vaccinated, according to state DOH.

You can view vaccine participation by census tract on the health department’s website.

Go to tpchd.org/vaxtothefuture or the county’s FindYourCovidShot.com website for information on local sites offering vaccines and for vaccine registration. As of April 30, walk-up vaccine sites in the county run by the county and TPCHD no longer require an appointment. Those younger than 18 still need parent or guardian approval. Locations of individual vaccine sites also can be found on the state’s vaccine finder: vaccinelocator.doh.wa.gov.

▪ The health department’s call center to help those seeking vaccines is 253-649-1412.

▪ Pierce County also has a call center to help those searching for vaccines. Residents who need assistance signing up for an event can contact the call center at 253-798-8900 or email pcvaccine@piercountywa.gov for help.