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Spokane Regional Health District Interim Health Officer Dr. Francisco Velazquez said he is concerned that COVID-19 cases in the county are raising.
Health officials are concerned that the rate of positive cases in Spokane County is creeping up, especially in young people.
Credit Rebecca White/SPR Health officials are concerned about rising COVID-19 cases, especially in younger people, that could put the county of compliance with the governor’s re-opening metrics.
To stay in Phase 3 of the governor’s re-opening plan, Spokane County must have less than 200 cases per 100,000 people. As of Wednesday, the county had 183 cases per 100,000. Spokane County Interim Health Officer Dr. Francisco Velázquez said that was concerning.
Pandemic’s silver lining: No flu deaths so far this year in Washington By Arielle Dreher, The Spokesman-Review
Published: March 1, 2021, 9:46am
Share: FILE - This Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020 file photo shows influenza vaccine syringes at the L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan s Community Resource Center s Free Drive-Thru vaccination event in Los Angeles. February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not in 2021. Flu has virtually disappeared, with reports coming in at far lower levels than anything seen in decades. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Spokane No one has died from influenza yet in Washington this year and during the current flu season.
The Washington State Department of Health expects that the vaccine site in Spokane will be up and running by Monday, Jan. 25. It will likely be indoors.
Spokane, East Region still not ready for move to Phase 2 of reopening
The report released by the Washington Department of Health on Jan. 15 indicated that the East Region, which includes Spokane, didn t qualify for Phase 2. Author: Ian Smay Updated: 4:14 PM PST January 15, 2021
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. The East Region of Governor Jay Inslee s Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan, which includes Spokane County, is not ready to move to Phase 2 of reopening, according to the Washington Department of Health.
The Spokane Regional Health District said in a release that the report showed progress for the East Region.
The East Region is listed as being decreasing or low in three of the four metrics used to determine if a region can move to Phase 2, including:
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A group of approximately 75 Department of Defense medical personnel have deployed to a handful of California hospitals in two of the state’s regions hardest hit by the pandemic.
Roughly 65 U.S. Air Force doctors, nurses and other medical staff from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base and around 10 U.S. Army nurses from a Fort Carson, Colorado-based military medical unit, have arrived and begun onboarding at four hospitals: Adventist Health Lodi Memorial in Lodi, Dameron Hospital in Stockton, Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton.
The deployment comes as California and the entire country is experiencing a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases. The hospitals selected are located in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, two regions of the state with 0% ICU bed capacity and currently under mandatory stay-at-home orders. On Tuesday, those orders were extended.