Pierce County marks three days with no new COVID-19 deaths; case total at 1,457
Pierce County on Friday reported 27 new COVID-19 cases and, for the third day in a row, no new deaths.
The county has reported a total of 1,457 cases and 51 deaths since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to figures from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Despite the encouraging progress on slowing the death toll and some areas holding steady on totals, cases continue to increase in other areas, with Tacoma seeing 16 new cases between Thursday and Friday.
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.
Friday’s geographical totals are listed below with Thursday’s reported numbers in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 36 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 110 (107)
▪ East Pierce County: 40 (39)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 77 (no change)
▪ Frederickson: 50 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 50 (no change)
▪ Graham: 45 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 38 (37)
▪ Lakewood: 144 (142)
▪ Parkland: 76 (74)
▪ Puyallup: 70 (69)
▪ South Hill: 76 (75)
▪ South Pierce County: 32 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 17 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 48 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 487 (471)
▪ University Place: 48 (no change)
▪ Unknown: 6 (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.
