25 COVID deaths reported in Pierce County this week
Pierce County reported 448 new COVID-19 cases Friday and seven new deaths.
The latest deaths included:
▪ An East Pierce County woman in her 50s.
▪ A South Hill woman in her 80s.
▪ A Gig Harbor area woman in her 80s
▪ A Gig Harbor man in his 80s.
▪ An Edgewood/Fife/Milton man in his 40s.
▪ A University Place woman in her 70s.
▪ A woman in her 60s from Lakewood.
In total, 25 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Pierce County this week.
The county’s totals are 63,995 cases and 680 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
Pierce County’s 14-day case rate per 100,000 was 640.8 for Aug. 12-25. The rate of new hospitalizations per 100,000 is at 19.65.
Test positivity was at 30.1 percent the week of Aug. 15-21 with the number of tests down by nearly half over the previous week. The positivity rate is expected to be revised as more backlogged negative tests are recorded. The positivity rate for the county was lowest the week of June 13, when it hit 2.2 percent.
According to the state in its vaccination report of Aug. 25:
▪ 92.7 percent of COVID-19 cases from Feb. 1, 2021 – Aug. 16, 2021 were not fully vaccinated.
▪ 94.1 percent of COVID-19 cases who were hospitalized from Feb. 1, 2021 – Aug. 9, 2021 were not fully vaccinated.
▪ 92.4 percent of COVID-19 cases who died from COVID-19 from Feb. 1, 2021 – July 26, 2021 were not fully vaccinated.
▪ More than 92 percent of all cases, hospitalizations and deaths in individuals 12 years or older from Washington state can be attributed to individuals who have not been fully vaccinated.
▪ In Pierce County, 96 percent of all cases between February and July involved those not fully vaccinated.
More information on testing is available on the health department’s website.
GEOGRAPHIC TOTALS
Friday’s cumulative geographic totals, with previous day’s totals in parentheses.
▪ Bonney Lake: 2,039 (2,012)
▪ Central Pierce County: 2,859 (2,829)
▪ East Pierce County: 3,220 (3,186)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 2,506 (2,499)
▪ Frederickson: 2,490 (2.469)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 2,030 (2,011)
▪ Graham: 2,270 (2,255)
▪ Key Peninsula: 622 (615)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 2,501 (2,481)
▪ Lakewood: 4,855 (4,836)
▪ Parkland: 2,879 (2,866)
▪ Puyallup: 3,578 (3,550)
▪ South Hill: 3,817 (3,785)
▪ South Pierce County: 2,338 (2,324)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 893 (892)
▪ Spanaway: 2,963 (2,950)
▪ Tacoma: 16,418 (16,323)
▪ University Place: 1,930 (1,919)
▪ Unknown: 3,787 (3,745)
VACCINES
In Pierce County, 61.6 percent of the population 12 and older has initiated vaccination, and 54.8 percent is fully vaccinated, according to state Department of Health.
Among those 12 and older statewide, 73.3 percent has initiated vaccination, and 64.5 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.
This story was originally published September 3, 2021 at 2:06 PM.
