Pierce County confirms 36 new COVID-19 cases, up to 317 total
Pierce County reported 36 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday.
That brings the county’s total to 317 positive cases of the 5,299 tested by the University of Washington virology lab and the state Public Health Laboratories since the outbreak began. About 6% of residents tested have tested positive.
The county reported one death on Sunday of a North Pierce County man in his 60s with an underlying health condition. Pierce County has now reported six total deaths..
Case number totals by geographic location within the county are listed below with Saturday’s reported totals in parenthesis:
▪ Bonney Lake: 9 (8)
▪ Central Pierce County: 12 (no change)
▪ East Pierce County: 12 (11)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 14 (no change)
▪ Frederickson: 8 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 30 (17)
▪ Graham: 14 (11)
▪ JBLM: 3 (no change)
▪ Key Peninsula: 2 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 9 (7)
▪ Lakewood: 15 (12)
▪ Parkland: 20 (19)
▪ Puyallup: 31 (19)
▪ South Hill: 16 (no change)
▪ South Pierce County: 4 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 6 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 10 (8)
▪ Tacoma: 114 (89)
▪ University Place: 10 (8)
Daily reports include new cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
This story was originally published March 29, 2020 at 2:36 PM.
