Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department press release.
Our COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates haven’t been this low in a long time. Our 7-day hospitalization rate is 1.8 per 100,000. That’s the lowest it’s been since August 2020. Our case rate of 70.8 per 100,000 is the lowest since July.
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On March 29, our current 14-day case rate per 100,000 is 70.8 for March 6-19, which is:
- 26.9% lower than the last 2-week period (date range: Feb. 27-March 12).
The 14-day case rate offers the most reliable look at COVID-19 disease burden on Pierce County.
Our current 7-day hospitalization rate per 100,000 is 1.8 for March 13-19, which is:
- 33.3% lower than the previously reported 7-day period (date range March 6-12).
We confirmed 250 cases of COVID-19 for March 20-26 and 8 new deaths:
- A man in his 70s from Lake Tapps/Sumner Area.
- A woman in her 80s from University Place.
- A man in his 80s from Parkland.
- A woman in her 60s from Tacoma.
- A man in his 70s from South Hill.
- A man in his 70s from Central Pierce County.
- A man in his 70s from South Hill.
- A man in his 40s from Tacoma.
We record these deaths in our cases dashboard on our data page which reflects the date of death.
Pierce County’s total COVID-19 count is 185,655 cases and 1,311 deaths. Our average cases per day over the past 7 days ending March 26 is 36.
In the last 2 weeks:
- 18.0% of our cases are younger than 20 years old. People in that age group make up 26.4% of Pierce County’s population.
- 24.0% of our cases are ages 20-34. That age group makes up 26.5% of our population.
- 22.6% of our cases are ages 35-49. That age group makes up 18.9% of our population.
- 35.2% of our cases are ages 50 or older. That age group makes up 35% of our population.
Find more information on cases, hospitalizations, deaths and related demographics at tpchd.org/covid19cases. Click on each heading to see tables, maps and dashboards.
Find more information on:
- Case counts, hospitalizations, vaccination and other metrics.
- COVID-19 vaccines.
- Getting a COVID-19 test.
- Childcare and schools.
