Pierce County sees 48 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death; lower counts may be holiday data lag
Pierce County reported 48 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and one new death.
There have now been 2,940 cases and 92 deaths recorded since the county’s first case was reported March 6, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
The new death reported Wednesday involved a University Place man in his 70s with underlying health conditions.
The health department noted in a news release that lower case counts Tuesday and Wednesday are likely the result of several labs being closed over the July Fourth weekend.
“Labs are catching up in processing test results, so we may see an increase in case counts in the days ahead,” it warned.
Daily totals can change as the county receives new information about cases, finds duplicate data or is assigned cases originally attributed to other counties.
The county has reported 585 cases in the past 14 days, according to the health department. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 population is 64.9. The county has averaged 41.9 cases per day over the past 14 days.
The county reported an estimated 855 still-active cases.
Testing is available at various sites in the county. For more information on local testing sites, go to www.tpchd.org/covidtest.
Wednesday’s geographical case totals are listed below with previous day’s totals in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 61 (60)
▪ Central Pierce County: 193 (188)
▪ East Pierce County: 72 (no change)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 126 (124)
▪ Frederickson: 95 (93)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 80 (77)
▪ Graham: 81 (80)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 16 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 85 (83)
▪ Lakewood: 304 (300)
▪ Parkland: 167 (165)
▪ Puyallup: 202 (200)
▪ South Hill: 147 (146)
▪ South Pierce County: 56 (no change)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 37 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 100 (96)
▪ Tacoma: 953 (942)
▪ University Place: 136 (127)
▪ Unknown: 29 (31)
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 July 8, 2020 at 2:37 PM.
