Lauren Smith: Coronavirus updates: Registration full for 2 drive-thru vaccination events in Pierce County
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/3/2021 Lauren Smith, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 2 This page includes coronavirus developments around Washington state for Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Pierce County launching several mobile testing sites this week
Updated 12:30 p.m.
Pierce County has several free mobile COVID-19 testing sites opening this week, according to its website. Mobile testing stations are in the community so people can get tested for COVID-19, the site says. These tests are free. Identification is not required. On-site staff can help you register. Results are available in five to seven days. Complete one form for each person getting tested.
Debbie Cockrell and Sara Gentzler: Vulnerable seniors hunting and pecking online in search of scarce COVID-19 vaccine
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/3/2021 Debbie Cockrell and Sara Gentzler, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 3 Nancy Hogan s story is common when it comes to looking for COVID-19 vaccines.
Hogan, 84, of University Place, told The News Tribune in a recent phone interview that without being tech savvy and living independently, she s had no luck trying to get vaccinated in Pierce County.
Online scheduling has been out of her reach, she said, as she s not used to modern-day computer technology. I mean I ve been a typist all my life, an office manager. When the computers were just computers I was fine, finding my way around, Hogan said. but since they ve become all this crazy stuff, I don t find my way around.
Jan. 31 Pierce County reported 187 new COVID-19 cases Sunday. No additional deaths were reported. The county's totals are now at 32,997 cases and 398 deaths since the first confirmed case was reported in March. The county has reported 3,071 cases in the past 14 days and its 14-day case rate per 100,000 is now 350. Average cases per day in the past 14 days are at 219.4. "We recently changed our .
Jan. 30 The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department reported 204 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. No additional deaths were reported. The health department no longer assigns underlying condition status to individual deaths and instead counts underlying conditions as part of a percentage of the total number. The county's totals are now 32,810 cases and 398 deaths since the first confirmed case .