Pierce County reports 53 new COVID-19 cases, one death

Pierce County on Tuesday reported 53 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death.

The death was a man in his 80s from Gig Harbor with underlying health conditions, according to the health department.

County totals are now 6,129 cases and 133 deaths since the first case in the coronavirus pandemic was recorded March 6.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has reported 930 cases in the past 14 days. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 people is 103.1. The goal for counties in Phase 2 is 25 or fewer per 100,000.

The average cases per day over the past 14 days is 66.4

There are an estimated 2,228 still-active cases in the county as of Aug. 17, according to the health department.

The county ranks third for cumulative cases in the state.

Daily totals for cases and deaths can change as the county receives new information, finds duplicate data or is assigned cases originally attributed to other counties.

Testing is available at various sites in the county. For more information on testing sites, go to www.tpchd.org/covidtest.

Tuesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:

▪ Bonney Lake: 148 (no change)

▪ Central Pierce County: 386 (no change)

▪ East Pierce County: 175 (no change)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 244 (242)

▪ Frederickson: 234 (232)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 161 (no change)

▪ Graham: 210 (209)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 41 (no change)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 192 (189)

▪ Lakewood: 577 (574)

▪ Parkland: 338 (336)

▪ Puyallup: 361 (357)

▪ South Hill: 314 (313)

▪ South Pierce County: 148 (145)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 65 (64)

▪ Spanaway: 284 (281)

▪ Tacoma: 1,925 (1,905)

▪ University Place: 248 (245)

▪ Unknown: 78 (73)