Coronavirus

Pierce County reports 21 new COVID-19 cases

News Tribune file

Pierce County reported 21 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday and no additional deaths. One previous case was also misreported

County totals are now at 1,688 cases and 60 deaths.

The county’s site assumes 882 people have now recovered from the virus, up from 873 on Saturday.

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: 38 (no change)

▪ Central Pierce County: 126 (125)

▪ East Pierce County: 48 (no change)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 83 (no change)

▪ Frederickson: 57 (55)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 51 (no change)

▪ Graham: 51 (no change)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 41 (no change)

▪ Lakewood: 176 (173)

▪ Parkland: 89 (88)

▪ Puyallup: 115 (114)

▪ South Hill: 89 (88)

▪ South Pierce County: 36 (no change)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 21 (19)

▪ Spanaway: 56 (no change)

▪ Tacoma: 546 (539)

▪ University Place: 50 (49)

▪ Unknown: 8 (no change)

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

This story was originally published May 10, 2020 at 1:45 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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