Pierce County reports 29 new COVID-19 cases
Pierce County reported 29 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday and no additional deaths.
The county’s totals are now at 2,284 cases and 84 deaths.
Pierce County had 239 new cases in the last 14 days, an average of 17.1 new cases each day. There have been 26.5 new cases per 100,000 residents during the past 14 days, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department website says.
As of Saturday, the county reported an estimated 420 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 34,179 tests conducted in the county with positive results at 6.6%, according to the state Department of Health.
On June 17, DOH corrected its negative test reporting to exclude serology (antibody) testing results. About 95,000 negative tests statewide aren’t yet assigned to a county.
Next week, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department will begin its own local reporting of overall negative tests and this number will not include serology tests. It’s a part of a Safe Start dashboard that is scheduled to launch Wednesday.
Sunday’s geographical case totals are listed below with Saturday’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 50 (no change)
▪ Central Pierce County: 159 (157)
▪ East Pierce County: 60 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 105 (104)
▪ Frederickson: 74 (73)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 60 (58)
▪ Graham: 71 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 9 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 60 (58)
▪ Lakewood: 236 (235)
▪ Parkland: 132 (no change)
▪ Puyallup: 162 (160)
▪ South Hill: 116 (114)
▪ South Pierce County: 45 (44)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 23 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 75 (73)
▪ Tacoma: 742 (736)
▪ University Place: 93 (87)
▪ Unknown: 13 (no change)
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 21, 2020 at 2:04 PM with the headline "Pierce County reports 29 new COVID-19 cases."
