Pierce County reports 26 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, 11 of those in Tacoma
Pierce County reported 26 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and no additional deaths.
The county’s totals are now 2,160 cases and 83 deaths since the first case was reported March 6.
Among those with more cases, Tacoma on Tuesday was listed with 11 new cases, and Lakewood was listed with four.
State officials this week have implored residents to wear face masks when around others in public.
Pierce County had 195 new cases in the past 14 days, an average of 13.9 new cases each day. There have been 21.6 new cases per 100,000 residents during the past 14 days, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department website says.
As of Tuesday, the county reported an estimated 347 still-active cases.
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 34,484 tests for the coronavirus conducted in the county with positive results at 6.2 percent, according to the state Department of Health.
That total does not include negative tests from long-term care facilities or the 97,429 tests not yet assigned to a county.
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: 150 (149)
▪ East Pierce County: 59 (60)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 99 (98)
▪ Frederickson: 70 (no change)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 56 (no change)
▪ Graham: 70 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 9 (8)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 56 (no change)
▪ Lakewood: 223 (219)
▪ Parkland: 129 (no change)
▪ Puyallup: 155 (153)
▪ South Hill: 109 (108)
▪ South Pierce County: 42 (40)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 23 (22)
▪ Spanaway: 70 (no change)
▪ Tacoma: 699 (688)
▪ University Place: 81 (no change)
▪ Unknown: 12 (no change)
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.
