Pierce County reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death amid technical difficulties
Pierce County reported 10 new cases on Sunday and reassigned a previous case to another county, bringing its total to 931.
The county also reported its 20th death, a man in his 90s with underlying heath conditions who lived in the Edgewood/Fife/Milton region.
On its website, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said the case count likely is low because the Washington Disease Reporting System experienced slow Electronic Laboratory Reporting System uploads and then went offline for emergency maintenance. The numbers could increase again tomorrow.
Daily case totals can change as the county receives new information about cases or finds duplicate data. The health department has released a statement on delays in data posting.
Sunday’s geographical totals are listed below with Saturday’s numbers in parenthesis:
▪ Bonney Lake: 25 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 54 (no change)
▪ East Pierce County: 27 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 52 (no change)
▪ Frederickson: 30 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 44 (no change)
▪ Graham: 35 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 6 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 22 (21)
▪ Lakewood: 73 (no change)
▪ Parkland: 41 (no change)
▪ Puyallup: 48 (45)
▪ South Hill: 57 (56)
▪ South Pierce County: 17 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 8 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 30 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 328 (324)
▪ University Place: 32 (no change)
▪ Unknown: 2 (no change)
Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
This story was originally published April 12, 2020 at 1:38 PM.
