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Board of Commissioners COVID-19 update June 23. 2020

Marni Kuyl, MS, RN Director of Health and Human Services

Reopening Criteria data June 23

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Washington County (Cumulative cases 891) Percent positive test rate- Goal is downward trend Uptrend Percent change in cases Goal is under 5% 28% not meeting 24 hour contact tracing Goal is 95% in 24 hours 100% Perfection! Percent of cases not linked to existing cases Goal is 30% or less 65% not meeting

• Av. Hospitalizations/day

Downward trend

Data as of June 23, 2020

39 new cases since last report Current Outbreaks Long Term Care- Open 4 Non- Long-term Care 2 Business outbreaks ≥5 Cases 5

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Confirmed cases 1110 Presumptive cases 13 Hospitalizations 154 Deaths 20

Pediatric Multi-system inflammatory syndrome

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Contract Tracing 107 total staff

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County Staff (part-time) 27 Spanish - 2 OPHI 86% bilingual 100% county residents 28 Spanish -15 Mandarin/Cantonese - 3 Ilocano -2 Vietnamese – 2 Twi – 1 Somali - 1 Nurse Team 22 Spanish – 2 Mandarin - 1 Infection Control Environmental Health Specialists 6 Spanish - 2 Epidemiologists 5 Administrative Support 9 Spanish - 2 Support Specialists Quarantine support, strike teams, education specialists, supervisors 10 Spanish - 1 Total 107 30% bilingual

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