Pierce County total COVID-19 cases now at 1,401; more care facility cases reported
Pierce County reported 19 new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths on Wednesday.
The county has reported a total of 1,401 cases and 51 deaths since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to figures from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
On Monday, the department added to its reporting data a list of cases involving staff and patients reported at care facilities. The department says that moving forward, those numbers will be updated each Wednesday.
On Monday, the county reported 252 cases at congregate care facilities. On Wednesday they totaled 266, nearly 19 percent of the county’s total case count.
Wednesday’s totals of active cases are listed below with Monday’s previous totals in parentheses. Newly listed locations will only show one case total:
▪ Heartwood Extended Health Care, Tacoma: 69 (68)
▪ Alpha Cottages (Gibraltar Assisted Living), Central Pierce County: 37 (no change)
▪ Avamere Puget Sound Transitional Care, Tacoma: 34 (no change)
▪ Orchard Park Health and Rehab Center, Tacoma, 18
▪ Pioneer Place Memory Haven, Central Pierce County: 16 (no change)
▪ The Cottages at Edgewood, Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 13 (no change)
▪ Other facilities, multiple areas: 79 (84)
On Wednesday, the department’s COVID-19 website showed 23 hospital stays for COVID-19 cases, down from 33 the previous week.
Daily case totals can change as the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department receives new information. Adjustments can include correcting duplicate data, assigning a case to another county or learning a test was a false positive.
Wednesday’s geographical totals are listed below with Tuesday’s reported numbers in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 34 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 104 (no change)
▪ East Pierce County: 39 (38)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 75 (74)
▪ Frederickson: 50 (47)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 50 (no change)
▪ Graham: 45 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 37 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 132 (130)
▪ Parkland: 71 (68)
▪ Puyallup: 67 (no change)
▪ South Hill: 74 (no change)
▪ South Pierce County: 32 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 17 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 47 (45)
▪ Tacoma: 467 (461)
▪ University Place: 48 (47)
▪ Unknown: 5 (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 29, 2020 at 2:43 PM.
