Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement.
Updated COVID-19 booster shots are on their way! They offer you and your family extra protection against the latest omicron variants. Doses should be available soon. Keep an eye on our social media and website to find out where you can get your dose!
More great news! Our COVID-19 hospitalization rate continues to drop. It is now the lowest we’ve seen since March. The hospitalization rate helps us understand how COVID-19 is affecting availability of critical healthcare services.
Our COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates continue to show us in CDC’s low community level.
Some data is incomplete because of the Labor Day holiday. Data will be complete for our next reporting.
On Sept. 5, our current COVID-19 7-day case rate per 100,000 is 80.4 for Aug. 18-24, which is:
- 13.5% lower than the previously reported 7-day period (date range: Aug. 11-17).
Our current 7-day hospitalization rate per 100,000 is 2.0 for Aug. 16-22, which is:
- 39.4% lower than the previously reported 7-day period (date range Aug. 9-15).
We confirmed 356 cases and 3 deaths for Aug. 28-Sept. 3:
- A woman in her 60s from South Hill.
- A woman in her 90s from East Tacoma.
- A man in his 60s from Puyallup.
We record deaths by week in our cases dashboard on our data page.
Pierce County’s total COVID-19 count is 217,885 cases and 1,502 deaths. Our average cases per day over the past 7 days ending Sept. 3 is 51.
In the last 2 weeks:
- 12.7% 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 19.7% of our population.
- 23.8% of our cases are ages 35-49. That age group makes up 18.9% of our population.
- 39.3% 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.
