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Pierce County COVID-19 data update confirmed September 24

The Suburban Times September 25, 2021

A press release from Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.

On Sept. 24, our 14-day case rate per 100,000 for Sept. 2-15 is 557.5. The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County.

Our hospitalization rate is currently 12.8 per 100,000.

Today, we confirmed 621 COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths:

  • A man in his 60s from Tacoma.
  • A woman in her 40s from East Pierce County.
  • A man in his 50s from Tacoma.
  • A woman in her 50s from Graham.   

Our totals are 79,901 cases (PCR = 71,096, antigen = 8,805) and 758 deaths.

About 30% of today’s 621 cases came from a lab backlog. They go back about a month.

Find more information on:

  • Case counts, hospitalizations, testing and other metrics.
  • Vaccination metrics.
  • COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Getting a COVID-19 test.
  • Childcare and schools.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Dlck Lovingood says

    September 26, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    Why don’t they ever talk about how many people got COVID-19 and are fine now like me

  2. Mona Peterson says

    September 27, 2021 at 10:15 am

    So very sad,so young…

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