Pierce County has 28 new COVID-19 cases, three new deaths
Pierce County on Friday reported 28 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths.
The county now has 1,086 cases and a total of 28 deaths, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
The three new deaths include a Puyallup woman in her 70s, a Fredrickson man in his 70s , and a Tacoma woman in her 80s. All had underlying health conditions.
The county, for more than a week, has not reported test result numbers or rates, citing delays with the state data reporting system.
Previous day’s totals are subject to change as case investigations unfold or cases are reassigned to other areas. Smaller towns, such as DuPont and Steilacoom, are not individually listed, according to the health department, to protect patient privacy. The health department only reports cases in geographic areas with populations greater than 20,000 people.
Friday’s geographical totals are listed below with Thursday’s numbers in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 29 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 69 (66)
▪ East Pierce County: 32 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 59 (56)
▪ Frederickson: 38 (36)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 47 (no change)
▪ Graham: 37 (36)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 6 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 25 (24)
▪ Lakewood: 92 (88)
▪ Parkland: 55 (53)
▪ Puyallup: 52 (51)
▪ South Hill: 65 (63)
▪ South Pierce County: 20 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 8 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 34 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 379 (370)
▪ University Place: 37 (no change)
▪ Unknown: 2 (no change)
Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
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 17, 2020 at 2:21 PM.
