Board of Commissioners Marni Kuyl, MS, RN COVID-19 Director of Health and Human Services update June 23. 2020
Reopening Criteria data June 23 Washington County (Cumulative cases 891) Percent positive test rate- Goal is Uptrend downward trend Percent change in cases 28% not meeting Goal is under 5% 24 hour contact tracing 100% Perfection! Goal is 95% in 24 hours 2 Percent of cases not linked to 65% not meeting existing cases Goal is 30% or less Av. Hospitalizations/day Downward trend
Data as of June 23, 2020 39 new cases since last report Current Outbreaks Confirmed cases 1110 Long Term Care- 4 Open Presumptive cases 13 Non- Long-term Care 2 Hospitalizations 154 Business outbreaks 5 ≥5 Cases Deaths 20 Pediatric 1 Multi-system inflammatory syndrome 3
Contract Tracing 107 total staff County Staff (part-time) 27 Spanish - 2 OPHI 28 Spanish -15 86% bilingual Mandarin/Cantonese - 3 100% county residents Ilocano -2 Vietnamese – 2 Twi – 1 Somali - 1 Nurse Team 22 Spanish – 2 Mandarin - 1 Infection Control 6 Spanish - 2 Environmental Health Specialists Epidemiologists 5 Administrative Support 9 Spanish - 2 Support Specialists 10 Spanish - 1 Quarantine support, strike teams, education specialists, supervisors Total 107 30% bilingual 4
Regional Readiness Data OHA phase 2 criteria reporting • Multnomah County 2/6 criteria • Clackamas County 4/6 • Washington County 3/6 Equity Considerations • Increased access to testing for our communities of color • Disproportionate impact on Latinx population
Face Covering Requirement for Metro Counties • Face covering is required in indoor public places of business for employees and customers. • Face covering are not required: • when eating or drinking; • when in offices or cubicles and able to maintain physical distancing from others; • if a physical or mental disability limits the ability to wear a face covering; • If medical conditions that make it difficult to breathe when wearing a face covering; • for children age 0-12, although children between 2-12 are encouraged to use a face covering if able;
Public Health Response Isolation and Quarantine • 500 receiving daily monitoring • Many families receiving isolation/quarantine support (food, housing, utilities) Business Guidance and Support • Face Covering • Physical distancing • Sector specific guidance • Complaint investigation • 503-846-8390 • eoc-covidenforcement@co.washington.or.us • CBO contracts • 13 non-profit/CBO contracts for I/Q support • $995,000 in funding
School Plans Local Health support • Training for schools and school districts • ODE assessments of schools- Local public health review district plan • Meeting with Schools in Washington County Public Health Concerns • Short term impacts for parents ability to return to work • Equity concerns-burden on communities of color and women • Long term educational inequities
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