More than 70 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday in Pierce County
Pierce County reported 73 new COVID-19 cases Friday and no new deaths.
The county’s totals are 51,811 cases and 624 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
Pierce County has added four new COVID-19 related deaths since July 8:
▪ A woman in her 60s from Spanaway.
▪ A man in his 60s from Tacoma.
▪ A woman in her 60s from University Place.
▪ A man in his 20s from Tacoma.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said in its Friday update that in the past six weeks, of the 149 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Pierce County, most were known to be unvaccinated, with the vaccine status of a few of those hospitalized unknown.
The county 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 July 13 was 68.9 percent.
Pierce County’s 14-day case rate per 100,000 was 67.1 as of July 14, up from 64 reported as of July 9.
New hospitalizations per 100,000 over seven days is currently 2.9 per 100,000, compared with the state’s rate of 2.8.
Test positivity was at 2.8 percent for the week of June 27-July 3, down from 3.1 percent from the week of June 20-26.
More information on testing is available on the health department’s website.
GEOGRAPHIC TOTALS
Friday’s cumulative geographic totals with the previous Friday’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 1,532 (1,515)
▪ Central Pierce County: 2,324 (2,302)
▪ East Pierce County: 2,482 (2,474)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 2,050 (2,027)
▪ Frederickson: 1,973 (1,957)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 1,582 (1,573)
▪ Graham: 1,782 (1,765)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 462 (460)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 2,015 (1,991)
▪ Lakewood: 4,125 (4,084)
▪ Parkland: 2,480 (2,467)
▪ Puyallup: 2,921 (2,900)
▪ South Hill: 3,036 (3,028)
▪ South Pierce County: 1,830 (1,821)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 717 (713)
▪ Spanaway: 2,464 (2,448)
▪ Tacoma: 13,724 (13,584)
▪ University Place: 1,589 (1,577)
▪ Unknown: 2,723 (2,674)
VACCINES
As of July 14:
▪ About 845,260 doses have been given to Pierce County residents, according to TPCHD. More than 7.9 million doses have been administered statewide.
In the county, 51.6 percent of the population has initiated vaccination, and 45.4 percent is fully vaccinated, compared with 56.2 percent in the state initiating vaccines and 51.4 percent fully vaccinated.
Among those 16 and older statewide, 70 percent has initiated vaccination, meeting the state’s goal, and 62 percent is fully vaccinated.
You can view vaccine participation by census tract on the local health department’s website.
Go to tpchd.org/vaxtothefuture or the county’s FindYourCovidShot.com website for information on local places offering vaccines and for vaccine registration. Walk-up vaccine sites run by the county and most TPCHD events now no longer require an appointment, and all TPCHD events are for first or second doses. Anyone age 12 or older is eligible for the Pfizer vaccine. Those younger than 18 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.
