Coronavirus

Pierce County reports 16 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

Pierce County reported 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths on Sunday.

The county has now reported 1,500 total cases and 52 deaths.

Tacoma has reported the most cases and deaths in the county with 498 and 16, respectively. There are six cases that haven’t been assigned a geographic location.

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.

Sunday’s geographical totals are listed below with Saturday’s numbers in parenthesis:

Bonney Lake: 36 (no change)

Central Pierce County: 113 (112)

East Pierce County: 42 (no change)

Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 78 (no change)

Frederickson: 50 (no change)

Gig Harbor area: 50 (no change)

Graham: 48 (no change)

JBLM: No longer reported

Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)

Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 39 (38)

Lakewood: 146 (no change)

Parkland: 79 (78)

Puyallup: 77 (74)

South Hill: 83 (76)

South Pierce County: 33 (no change)

Southwest Pierce County: 17 (no change)

Spanaway: 50 (49)

Tacoma: 498 (496)

University Place: 48 (no change)

Unknown: 6 (no change)

Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.

This story was originally published May 3, 2020 at 1:54 PM.

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Lauren Kirschman
The News Tribune
Lauren Kirschman is the Seattle Kraken beat writer for The News Tribune. She previously covered the Pittsburgh Steelers for PennLive.com. A Pennsylvania native and a University of Pittsburgh graduate, she also covered college athletics for the Beaver County Times from 2012-2016.
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