Here are the latest COVID-19 case numbers for Pierce County
Pierce County reported 185 new COVID-19 cases for March 6-12 and 11 deaths.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Tuesday said the case count was “lower than it should be” because of technical issues. The department planned to update the tally later on its dashboard once complete numbers were in.
As of March 15, 69.4 percent of the people who have died of COVID in the county had underlying health conditions, according to the health department’s dashboard.
The latest deaths include:
▪ A woman in her 80s from the Gig Harbor area.
▪ A man in his 90s from Lakewood.
▪ A man in his 50s from Spanaway.
▪ A man in his 80s from Tacoma.
▪ A woman in her 40s from Spanaway.
▪ A man in his 60s from University Place.
▪ A man in his 20s from Bonney Lake.
▪ A man in his 70s from University Place.
▪ A woman in her 60s from Parkland.
▪ A woman in her 70s from South Pierce County.
▪ A man in his 60s from South Pierce County.
The county’s totals are 183,884 cases and 1,293 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
Pierce County’s 14-day case rate per 100,000 was 145.3 for Feb. 20-March 5, 35.3 percent lower than the previous 2-week period.
The 7-day rate of hospitalizations per 100,000 was at 5 for Feb. 27-March 5, 31.5 percent lower than the previously reported 7-day period.
From February 2021 to January 2022, 75,969 of Pierce County’s cases involved unvaccinated people, according to the state Department of Health in its vaccine data report issued March 2. That compares with 42,862 cases involving those vaccinated during the same period, according to the state DOH. Updates to this report were delayed because of “technical issues,” according to a note posted at the DOH website.
More information on testing is available on the health department’s website.
GEOGRAPHIC TOTALS
Tuesday’s cumulative geographic totals, with March 8 totals in parentheses (totals now include both positive antigen and positive PCR tests):
▪ Bonney Lake: 6,557 (6,537)
▪ Central Pierce County: 8,572 (8,540)
▪ East Pierce County: 11,084 (11,058)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 7,319 (7,293)
▪ Frederickson: 7,638 (7,616)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 7,226 (7,215)
▪ Graham: 7,436 (7,411)
▪ Key Peninsula: 2,416 (2,410)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 7,569 (7,550)
▪ Lakewood: 13,501 (13,463)
▪ Parkland: 7,844 (7,816)
▪ Puyallup: 10,550 (10,520)
▪ South Hill: 11,543 (11,501)
▪ South Pierce County: 7,988 (7,966)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 3,032 (3,026)
▪ Spanaway: 8,750 (8,729)
▪ Tacoma: 46,052 (45,820)
▪ University Place: 5,788 (5,762)
▪ Unknown: 2,619 (2,602)
VACCINES
Pierce County’s vaccination rate is 63.2 percent fully vaccinated for those 5 and older, according to the state DOH.
Among Pierce County’s total population, the county is 59 percent fully vaccinated, compared with the state rate of 67.2 percent.
Percentage of those in each age range who have received at least one dose of vaccine in Pierce County as posted March 10:
▪ 5-11: 27.9 percent
▪ 12-17: 60.4 percent
▪ 18-19: 77 percent
▪ 20-34: 72.3 percent
▪ 35-49: 78.4 percent
▪ 50-64: 79.6 percent
▪ 65-79: 84.5 percent
▪ 80 and older: 93.7 percent
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 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 5 or older is eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, and anyone 16 or older is eligible for a booster six months after completing a two-dose mRNA vaccine series (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) or two months after receiving the single shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 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.
This story was originally published March 15, 2022 at 3:29 PM.
