Pierce County reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths
Pierce County reported 10 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths on Sunday.
County totals since the start of the outbreak are now 1,795 cases and 68 deaths.
As of May 18, Department of Health data shows that 20,678 Pierce County residents have been tested for COVID-19 with 8.0% of tests coming back positive. This total doesn’t include negative tests from long-term care facilities or tests not yet assigned a county, which means the positive test rate is likely lower.
Data now reported on the site assumes about 1,100 residents out of the nearly 1,800 in the county who have contracted the virus have now recovered.
Daily case totals and death information can change as new information becomes available during disease investigation. Adjustments can include correcting duplicate data, assigning a case to another county or learning a test was a false positive.
Sunday’s geographical totals are listed below with Saturday’s numbers in parenthesis:
▪ Bonney Lake: 44 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 129 (130)
▪ East Pierce County: 49 (48)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 85 (no change)
▪ Frederickson: 62 (60)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 52 (no change)
▪ Graham: 54 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 45 (44)
▪ Lakewood: 183 (no change)
▪ Parkland: 98 (96)
▪ Puyallup: 126 (125)
▪ South Hill: 99 (no change)
▪ South Pierce County: 38 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 21 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 62 (59)
▪ Tacoma: 575 (573)
▪ University Place: 58 (no change)
▪ Unknown: 8 (no change)
Daily reports include cases received by 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
This story was originally published May 17, 2020 at 1:49 PM.
