Two more deaths in Pierce County from COVID-19; total cases at 760
Pierce County added 44 cases to its daily coronavirus case total, and two more deaths, according to numbers posted Tuesday by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Pierce County’s total cases of COVID-19 are 760, with 14 deaths since the health department started posting numbers in the outbreak. While Monday’s total cases were originally listed as 717, the health department said Tuesday’s new total corrects “a duplicate case previously reported.”
The two deaths reported Tuesday include a man in his 40s from Spanaway and a woman in her 70s from Tacoma with underlying health conditions, according to the health department.
No new testing numbers were released by the county. 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.
New models this week from the University of Washington indicate that the state is now heading into the downward slope of its total case curve, with peak resource use at hospitals reached on April 2.
Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day. Monday geographical totals are listed below with Sunday’s numbers in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 22 (20)
▪ Central Pierce County: 46 (42)
▪ East Pierce County: 21 (no change)
▪ Edgwood/Fife/Milton: 35 (33)
▪ Frederickson: 19 (18)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 41 (no change)
▪ Graham: 26 (23)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 6 (5)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 17 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 62 (59)
▪ Parkland: 33 (32)
▪ Puyallup: 36 (35)
▪ South Hill: 45 (41)
▪ South Pierce County: 14 (11)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 6 (7)
▪ Spanaway: 24 (23)
▪ Tacoma: 283 (266)
▪ University Place: 24 (23)
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.
