Pierce County Reaches 1,000 Coronavirus Cases, 23 Total Deaths

PUYALLUP, WA — Pierce County health officials have confirmed the thousandth case of the new coronavirus in the county. Officials are also reporting three new deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths in Pierce County to 23.

The Tacoma - Pierce County Health department has identified the latest victims as:

• A man in his 80s from the Edgewood/Fife/Milton area
• A Tacoma woman in her 70s
• A Bonney Lake Man in his 70s

All three patients are reported to have had underlying health conditions that complicated treatment and recovery.

The county says they're continuing to provide as many tests for the virus as possible, but can't currently confirm how many patients they are testing because of an ongoing issue in the state's data system. They say the system was not built to track negative test results, and trying to do so has bogged it down. The health department says they are working diligently to get the latest test numbers available and fix the system as quickly as possible.

The county is also no longer reporting the number of cases at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

The confirmed coronavirus cases in Pierce County can be broken down as follows:

• Bonney Lake: 27 cases (2 deaths)
• Central Pierce County: 59 cases (2 deaths)
• East Pierce County: 32 cases (1 death)
• Edgewood/Fife/Milton:54 cases (4 deaths)
• Frederickson: 35 cases
• Gig Harbor: 47 cases
• Graham: 35 cases
• Key Peninsula: 6 cases (1 death)
• Lake Tapps/Sumner: 23 cases
• Lakewood: 77 cases (3 deaths)
• Parkland: 48 cases
• Puyallup: 49 cases (1 death)
• South Hill: 60 cases
• South Pierce County: 19 cases
• Spanaway: 32 cases (2 deaths)
• Tacoma: 351 cases (7 deaths)
• University Place:35 cases
• Cases of unknown origin: 2

22 percent of all cases have been in patients 60 or older, the age group that is at the greatest risk for the new coronavirus.

For all of the county's released data on the coronavirus outbreak, click here.