ByAmy Libby, Columbian.
Web Editor, and
Published: April 24, 2020, 11: 40 am
Clark County Public Health confirmed 2 new COVID-19 deaths and 6 new cases on Friday morning.
The death toll is now 19, with 327 total confirmed cases in the county. More than 3,300 people in Clark County have actually been checked for the disease.
According to Public Health, the variety of people checked is offered by the Washington State Department of Health and undercounts the number of individuals evaluated in Clark County. The state data does not include people receiving rapid-result testing, which is ending up being more typical in Clark County. The number of favorable tests consists of all positive tests reported to Public Health, no matter screening technique.
The new deaths were a male and a lady, both 80 years or older. While most of Clark County’s novel coronavirus cases have been women (192), the majority of deaths have been males (16).
Public Health likewise upgraded the variety of cases per 100,000 population by POSTAL CODE. The only ZIP code in the county that has not had at least one validated case is 98674, a sparsely inhabited location that runs along the county’s northern border with Cowlitz County from Interstate 5 to Lake Merwin. The ZIP codes with the most cases are 98606, which covers parts of Brush Meadow and Hockinson; 98662, which covers main Vancouver and Orchards, near Vancouver Shopping Mall; and 98665, the Hazel Dell area.
According to the Department of Health, the overall number of cases in Washington is 12,753 as of April 22, with 711 deaths.
For additional information, see Clark County’s novel coronavirus website, or the Department of Health’s webpage.
Checking boosts in senior care centers
Public Health and Vancouver Center have partnered to carry out COVID-19 screening at long-lasting care centers.
Vancouver Clinic is carrying out universal screening of staff and residents at any long-term care center that has actually a confirmed case.
There are 66 validated COVID-19 cases in Clark County long-lasting care centers– a mixture of personnel and homeowners who work and reside in adult family homes, proficient nursing centers and assisted/independent living facilities. Eighteen of the county’s coronavirus deaths have actually been people 60 and older.
A Vancouver Clinic care team is going into the centers to collect specimens, so residents can stay in their houses and not run the risk of possible direct exposure at a medical facility, according to a Vancouver Center press release.
” We want to make sure the homeowners and personnel of the long-term care homes have access to screening without needing to leave their houses,” said Alfred Seekamp, Vancouver Center primary medical officer.
Vancouver Center began evaluating at care homes April 9, and has actually checked 600 personnel and citizens in the previous 2 weeks.
” We understand with this disease elderly individuals and those with persistent health conditions are more likely to die so we want to do whatever we can to safeguard this population,” Clark County Health Officer Dr. Alan Melnick stated.
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