Pierce County reports more than 170 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5/4/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 4 Pierce County reported 179 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday with two additional deaths.
The latest deaths involved: A Tacoma woman in her 70s.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department no longer assigns underlying condition status to individual deaths it reports and instead counts underlying conditions as part of a percentage of the total number of deaths, which as of May 4 was 75.7 percent.
The county s totals are now 45,089 cases and 534 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
On May 4, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a pause in taking action based on the state s Roadmap to Recovery metrics after a plateau of cases was observed in the state s overall numbers over the weekend. All counties will remain in their current phase, which, for Pierce, means Phase 2. Pierce was o
More than 650 COVID-19 cases reported over past 3 days in Pierce County
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2 hrs ago Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 3 Pierce County reported 240 new COVID-19 cases Monday with one additional death, a Lakewood man in his 60s.
On May 1, 183 cases were reported. On May 2, there were 234 cases for a total of 417 over the weekend.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department no longer assigns underlying condition status to individual deaths it reports and instead counts underlying conditions as part of a percentage of the total number of deaths, which as of April 27 was 76.8 percent.
The county s totals are now 44,909 cases and 532 deaths since the first confirmed coronavirus case was reported in March 2020.
Pierce County Council to consider requiring COVID-19 hazard pay for grocery workers
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5/4/2021 Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 4 Grocery store workers in Pierce County cities and the unincorporated area could be in for a $4 per hour pay increase.
Pierce County Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a proposal to require hazard pay for grocery store workers.
The ordinance would require grocery stores to pay employees the additional $4 per hour to compensate for the health risks of working during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are asking them to keep us fed, bill co-sponsor Jani Hitchen (D-Parkland) told The News Tribune. We need them to show up every day and take care of themselves, and we need to avoid an outbreak at grocery stores. They never had the opportunity to work from home or shut down, and they have never had the opportunity to feel safe.
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