Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announcement.
We answered many of your questions about new bivalent COVID-19 boosters a few weeks ago. But some of you still had questions.
- Should I wait to get a booster if I recently had COVID-19?
- It’s almost flu season. Should I get a booster and a flu shot?
- What about the supply of boosters?
We’ve answered these questions and more in a more recent blog. Protect yourself heading into fall. You can find a booster at most of our COVID-19 vaccine events.
On Oct. 3, our current COVID-19 7-day case rate per 100,000 is 79.4 for Sept. 18-24, which is:
- Not a significant change from the previously reported 7-day period (date range: Sept. 11-17).
Our current 7-day hospitalization rate per 100,000 is 1.6 for Sept. 9-15, which is:
- Not a significant change from the previously reported 7-day period (date range Sept. 9-15).
We confirmed 558 cases and 4 deaths for Sept. 25-Oct. 1:
- A woman in her 80s from Puyallup.
- A man in his 90s from Puyallup.
- A woman in her 60s from East Pierce.
- A man in his 80s from South Tacoma.
We record deaths by week in our cases dashboard on our data page.
Pierce County’s total COVID-19 count is 220,832 cases and 1,522 deaths. Our average cases per day over the past 7 days ending Oct. 1 is 80.
In the last 2 weeks:
- 14.2% of our cases are younger than 20 years old. People in that age group make up 26.4% of Pierce County’s population.
- 21.3% of our cases are ages 20-34. That age group makes up 19.7% of our population.
- 19.7% of our cases are ages 35-49. That age group makes up 18.9% of our population.
- 44.8% 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.
