Pierce County starts week with another round of high COVID-19 case totals, deaths
Pierce County reported 295 new COVID-19 cases Monday and six new deaths.
The latest deaths included:
▪ A woman in her 70s from Edgewood/Fife/Milton.
▪ A man in his 50s from Lake Tapps/Sumner Area.
▪ A woman in her 80s from Spanaway.
▪ A man in his 80s from Gig Harbor Area.
▪ A man in his 50s from Tacoma.
▪ A woman in her 30s from Tacoma.
Over the weekend, 521 cases were reported on Saturday, 326 on Sunday.
The county’s totals are 75,877 cases and 727 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
Pierce County’s 14-day case rate per 100,000 was 675.6 for Aug. 20-Sept. 2. The rate of new hospitalizations per 100,000 is at 16.3.
More information on testing is available on the health department’s website.
GEOGRAPHIC TOTALS
Monday’s cumulative geographic totals, with Friday’s totals in parentheses (totals now include both positive antigen and positive PCR tests):
▪ Bonney Lake: 2,451 (2,402)
▪ Central Pierce County: 3,561 (3,523)
▪ East Pierce County: 3,839 (3,749)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 2,994 (2,956)
▪ Frederickson: 2,990 (2,950)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 2,665 (2,641)
▪ Graham: 2,841 (2,791)
▪ Key Peninsula: 866 (842)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 2,936 (2,881)
▪ Lakewood: 5,786 (5,707)
▪ Parkland: 3,424 (3,377)
▪ Puyallup: 4,338 (4,260)
▪ South Hill: 4,649 (4,592)
▪ South Pierce County: 2,929 (2,876)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 1,031 (1,022)
▪ Spanaway: 3,493 (3,453)
▪ Tacoma: 20,293 (20,014)
▪ University Place: 2,331 (2,306)
▪ Unknown: 2,460 (2,418)
VACCINES
In Pierce County, 62.7 percent of the population 12 and older has initiated vaccination, and 55.8 percent is fully vaccinated, according to state Department of Health.
Among those 12 and older statewide, 73.9 percent has initiated vaccination, and 67 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.
