12 new COVID-19 cases, two new deaths reported Tuesday in Pierce County
Pierce County reported 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and two additional deaths.
The county’s totals are now at 2,071 cases and 82 deaths since the outbreak began. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department estimates there are about 356 cases still active.
Daily case and death totals can change as the county receives new information about cases, finds duplicate data or is assigned cases originally attributed to other counties.
The two new deaths include a Parkland man in his 80s and a Puyallup man in his 60s, both with underlying health conditions.
There have been 21.8 new cases per 100,000 residents during the past 14 days, the site says.
Pierce County had 197 new cases in the last 14 days, an average of 14.1 new cases each day.
There have been 31,283 tests conducted in the county with positive results at 6.5%, according to the state Department of Health. Care facility negative tests are unavailable and about 80,000 tests aren’t yet assigned to a county, which means the positive test rate is likely lower.
Testing is available at various sites in the county. For more information, go to tpchd.org/healthy-people/diseases/covid-19/testing-information.
Tuesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with Monday’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 48 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 146 (no change)
▪ East Pierce County: 59 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 94 (no change)
▪ Frederickson: 70 (69)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 55 (no change)
▪ Graham: 70 (69)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 51 (50)
▪ Lakewood: 216 (212)
▪ Parkland: 127 (126)
▪ Puyallup: 148 (no change)
▪ South Hill: 105 (no change)
▪ South Pierce County: 39 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 22 (21)
▪ Spanaway: 66 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 663 (662)
▪ University Place: 73 (71)
▪ Unknown: 12 (11)
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 June 9, 2020 at 2:15 PM.
