Pierce County COVID-19 total now at 969; death toll remains at 20
Pierce County reported 41 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
Pierce County’s COVID-19 case total is now 969 with 20 deaths.
The county said it could not report “test result numbers or rates at this time because the state data system is experiencing delays.”
On Sunday, it reported that its numbers were likely low because the Washington Disease Reporting System experienced slow Electronic Laboratory Reporting System uploads and then went offline for emergency maintenance.
On Monday, the health department said it had reassigned several previous cases to other counties, resulting in Monday’s adjusted total.
Daily case totals can change as the county receives new information about cases or finds duplicate data.
Monday’s geographical totals are listed below with Sunday’s numbers in parentheses:
▪ Bonney Lake: 27 (25)
▪ Central Pierce County: 59 (54)
▪ East Pierce County: 30 (27)
▪ Edgewood/Fife/Milton: 53 (52)
▪ Frederickson: 31 (30)
▪ Gig Harbor area: 46 (44)
▪ Graham: 35 (no change)
▪ JBLM: No longer reported
▪ Key Peninsula: 6 (no change)
▪ Lake Tapps/Sumner area: 23 (22)
▪ Lakewood: 75 (73)
▪ Parkland: 47 (41)
▪ Puyallup: 48 (no change)
▪ South Hill: 58 (57)
▪ South Pierce County: 19 (17)
▪ Southwest Pierce County: 8 (no change)
▪ Spanaway: 32 (30)
▪ Tacoma: 337 (328)
▪ University Place: 33 (32)
▪ Unknown: 2 (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.
This story was originally published April 13, 2020 at 2:27 PM.
