Seven new COVID-19 deaths in latest Pierce County totals
Pierce County reported 376 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and seven new deaths.
The latest deaths included:
▪ A Frederickson woman in her 60s.
▪ A Central Pierce County man in his 60s.
▪ A Key Peninsula man in his 70s.
▪ A Lakewood woman in her 30s.
▪ A Puyallup man in his 50s.
▪ A Tacoma woman in her 80s.
▪ A Tacoma woman in her 80s.
The county’s totals are 76,191 cases and 733 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
According to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, one previously reported death was found to belong in King County and removed from Pierce County’s total.
Pierce County’s 14-day case rate per 100,000 was 667 for Aug. 23-Sept. 5. The rate of new hospitalizations per 100,000 is at 16.1.
More information on testing is available on the health department’s website.
GEOGRAPHIC TOTALS
Tuesday’s cumulative geographic totals, with Monday’s totals in parentheses (totals now include both positive antigen and positive PCR tests):
▪ Bonney Lake: 2,461 (2,451)
▪ Central Pierce County: 3,575 (3,561)
▪ East Pierce County: 3,865 (3,839)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 2,998 (2,994)
▪ Frederickson: 3,005 (2,990)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 2,665 (no change)
▪ Graham: 2,849 (2,841)
▪ Key Peninsula: 868 (866)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 2,949 (2,936)
▪ Lakewood: 5,807 (5,786)
▪ Parkland: 3,438 (3,424)
▪ Puyallup: 4,360 (4,338)
▪ South Hill: 4,663 (4,649)
▪ South Pierce County: 2,940 (2,929)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 1,035 (1,031)
▪ Spanaway: 3,517 (3,493)
▪ Tacoma: 20,355 (20,293)
▪ University Place: 2,335 (2,331)
▪ Unknown: 2,506 (2,460)
VACCINES
In Pierce County, 63.3 percent of the population 12 and older has initiated vaccination, and 56.3 percent is fully vaccinated, according to state Department of Health.
Among those 12 and older statewide, 75.1 percent has initiated vaccination, and 68.1 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 14, 2021 at 2:26 PM.
