Coronavirus

Pierce County reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death

Pierce County reported 12 new COVID-19 cases and one death Friday.

The county’s totals are now at 2,093 cases and 83 deaths.

There have been 12.6 new cases per 100,000 residents during the past 14 days, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department website says.

Daily case totals can change as the county receives new information about cases, finds duplicate data or is assigned cases originally attributed to other counties.

There have been 32,258 tests conducted in the county with positive results at 6.4%, according to the state Department of Health.

That total does not include negative tests from long-term care facilities or the 82,000 tests not yet assigned to a county.

Friday’s geographical case totals are listed below with Thursday’s totals in parentheses:

▪ Bonney Lake: 48 (no change)

▪ Central Pierce County: 148 (147)

▪ East Pierce County: 58 (no change)

▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 96 (94)

▪ Frederickson: 70 (no change)

▪ Gig Harbor area: 55 (no change)

▪ Graham: 69 (70)

▪ JBLM: No longer reported

▪ Key Peninsula: 7 (no change)

▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 53 (52)

▪ Lakewood: 216 (no change)

▪ Parkland: 129 (128)

▪ Puyallup: 148 (no change)

▪ South Hill: 107 (106)

▪ South Pierce County: 40 (39)

▪ Southwest Pierce County: 22 (no change)

▪ Spanaway: 68 (66)

▪ Tacoma: 674 (670)

▪ University Place: 73 (no change)

▪ Unknown: 12 (no change)

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

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How 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 12, 2020 at 1:57 PM.

Lauren Smith
The News Tribune
Lauren Smith is a sports reporter at The News Tribune. She has covered high school sports for TNT and The Olympian, as well as the Seattle Mariners and Washington Huskies. She is a graduate of UW and Emerald Ridge High School.
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