Pierce County total COVID-19 cases at 717; death toll now at 12
Pierce County on Monday reported 31 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths, bringing its total to 717 cases and 12 deaths.
The new deaths involved a man in his 90s from Tacoma and a woman in her 80s from Bonney Lake. Both had underlying health conditions.
While the previous day’s total was reported at 688, the county has said its “daily case totals can change as we get new information about our cases or find duplicate data that may have been reported.”
Tests have been run on 8,870 Pierce County residents by private and public labs, according to the State Department of Heath. The state health department is still facing a delay in reporting coronavirus test numbers.
Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day. Sunday’s geographical totals are listed below with Saturday’s numbers in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 20 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 42 (39)
▪ East Pierce County: 21 (20)
▪ Edgwood/Fife/Milton: 33 (30)
▪ Frederickson: 18 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 41 (no change)
▪ Graham: 23 (20)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 5 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 17 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 59 (58)
▪ Parkland: 32 (no change)
▪ Puyallup: 35 (33)
▪ South Hill: 41 (39)
▪ South Pierce County: 11 (9)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 7 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 23 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 266 (254)
▪ University Place: 23 (22)
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREHow we are reporting coronavirus numbers
The News Tribune reports confirmed coronavirus cases as listed by the Washington Department of Health and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department in their daily updates.
The state total includes all cases submitted by county health departments by 11:59 p.m. the previous day and is updated once a day by 6 p.m. on its website. Its numbers only include the cases the health departments have reported directly to the state. In some cases, county health departments have reported cases publicly but not to the state health department by the daily deadline, leading to different totals on occasion.
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department updates its total by 2 p.m. each day on its website, and consists of all new confirmed cases reported by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
This story was originally published April 6, 2020 at 2:32 PM.
