Lauren Kirschman: Coronavirus updates: State passes 291k cases
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/22/2021 Lauren Kirschman, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 20 Updated at 9:30 a.m.
The Washington state Department of Health reported 1,373 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and 37 deaths since Friday. The state did not report data on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
U.S. deaths from the disease which was first reported in Washington one year ago this week topped 400,000 Tuesday.
Pierce County reported 177 cases Tuesday and five new deaths. Pierce County has a total of 365 deaths likely caused by COVID-19 as of Tuesday, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.