Pierce County reaches 1,000 COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths
Pierce County has reached 1,000 COVID-19 cases after reporting 32 new cases Tuesday.
Some previous cases were reassigned among counties following Monday’s reported count, which was 969.
The county also reported three additional deaths, including a man in his 80s from the Edgewood/Milton/Fife area, a Tacoma woman in her 70s and a Bonney Lake man in his 70s. All had underlying health conditions.
The county has reported 23 virus-related deaths since the outbreak began.
Tacoma reports the highest case (351) and death (seven) totals in the county. Nearly half of the county’s new reported cases Tuesday were from Tacoma.
Daily case totals can change as the county receives new information about cases, finds duplicate data or is assigned cases that were originally attributed to other counties. The health department has released a statement on delays in data posting.
Tuesday’s geographical totals are listed below with Monday’s numbers in parenthesis:
▪ Bonney Lake: 27 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 59 (no change)
▪ East Pierce County: 32 (30)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 54 (53)
▪ Frederickson: 35 (31)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 47 (46)
▪ Graham: 35 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 6 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 23 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 77 (75)
▪ Parkland: 48 (47)
▪ Puyallup: 49 (48)
▪ South Hill: 60 (58)
▪ South Pierce County: 19 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 8 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 32 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 351 (337)
▪ University Place: 36 (33)
▪ Unknown: 2 (no change)
Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
This story was originally published April 14, 2020 at 2:44 PM.
