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UNIFIED SITUATION REPORT #30
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Event Name: BFHD COVID-19
Report Period: 07/22/2020 – 07/24/2020 Mission #: 20-0265 Jurisdictions Impacted:
Benton & Franklin Counties
General Situation/Overview:
On January 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Washington State Department of Health announced the first case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States and in Washington State. As of 3/19/2020 a 24, 48, 72-hour planning projection of the response is being done daily. Friday’s planning projection will encompass Saturday and Sunday, then resume normal planning projections on Monday.
Benton and Franklin County At-A-Glance
Total Case Count Updated: 12:30 pm 07/24/2020 Benton Franklin
Confirmed* 3078 2953
Deaths** 98 38
*Confirmed: positive test result. **Deaths: BFHD defined a COVID-19 death as someone who died with COVID-19 as their primary
cause of death, meaning they died because of COVID-19. DOH includes people who tested positive for COVID-19 and died, but
may not have died of COVID-19. That’s why the dashboard may show a higher number of deaths than we previously reported.
DOH is currently updating their definition, and in the coming days, the total number of deaths reported on the dashboard may
decrease
City Case Count 07/24/2020 12:30 pm # of Cases Pasco 2581 Eltopia 39
Mesa 53
Connell 190
Kahlotus <10
Kennewick 1872 Richland 557 West Richland 148
Benton City 104 Prosser 294
Plymouth <10
Patterson <10
Current Hospital Status Updated: 1:15 pm 07/24/2020 M-F COVID Like Illness = CLI
# Hospitalized Patients
# COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
% COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
Current hospitalized patients 336 67 19.9%
Case Locations of Interest updated 1:15 pm on 07/24/2020
# of Cases
Long Term Care Residents and Staff 423
Please visit Washington State Department of Corrections site for current case counts at Coyote
Ridge Corrections Center. ( https://www.doc.wa.gov/corrections/covid-19/data.htm )
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OPERATIONS SECTION:
OUTBREAK MITIGATION: Identify the COVID-19 spread, including clusters; track any lab confirmed cases and determine
potential exposures. Identify the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care and community living facilities and provide infection
control guidance and resources to those facilities. Input data from Epi into existing systems; WDRS and Redcap surveys.
Currently there are 15 confirmed active outbreaks – these outbreaks meet the definition of an outbreak and have
had active cases within the last 28 days. Additionally, there are 8 Long Term Care facilities that have active outbreaks
School Task Force continues to work with OSPI, DOH and local superintendents to develop school plans with a focus
on outbreak mitigation and safely re-opening. School plans must be submitted no later than 2 weeks before school
starts
BFHD is developing a “toolkit” for outbreaks investigations in Schools
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CARE COORDINATION:
BFHD in collaboration with City partners from Kennewick, Pasco and Richland completed the full 15 site masking
survey for dates 7/17/20-7/23/20 and the SURVEY SAYS 98% compliancy rate!
Monitoring for test results from two farms and H2A Housing Facilities in the area. One of the H2A housing has a
current positivity rate of 66%.
Care Coordination team is currently coordinating with approximately 40 cases who have identified the need for
assistance (food, hygiene, rent etc.) while in isolation. The assistance they receive enables them to stay in isolation
for the full 10 day as recommended by the CDC.
An Online Survey Portal for businesses to report COVID cases at their facilities is available on the BFHD website at
https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=YNJCRHP9F7. A business is required to report if there are 2 or more cases in
the business or there is a risk of COVID spreading in the business. This on-line reporting tool will provide easy access
for businesses to report to BFHD and will allow BFHD to prioritize these business outbreaks by level of risk
BFHD Community Recovery Webpage has been updated to use the State COVID-19 Risk Assessment Dashboard for all
metrics reporting. There are three tables - Benton - Franklin - Washington State You are able to view our two
counties as well as the rest of the counties in the
state. https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=10766056&pageId=16713009
COMMUNITY TESTING:
BFHD is in the planning stages with the Health Commons Project for COVID Testing assistance in our area with the
goal of being able to train local fire personnel to assist with community testing
BFHD is looking to pilot a project for “self-testing” with Everlywell, a company that provides “at-home” test kits. This
pilot to be conducted in some Long-Term Care facilities to determine the ease of use and efficacy of this at-home test
concept. One drawback is the requirement that every person tested must have a unique email for results to be sent
to and tests are only available for those over the age of 18, but there is no doctor’s order required for the
administration of the test. More to come on this in the coming weeks
BFHD has partnered with MTI to conduct “Pop Up” mobile testing throughout Benton and Franklin Counties. Days
and times will be posted on the BFHD Facebook Page. This week MTI did “Pop Up” testing events in Benton City and
E. Pasco. During the Pasco Pop Up on 7/23 Pasco Fire Dept. assisted MTI by handing out cloth masks (roughly 300) to
those being tested and Pasco Police put out electronic message signs in English and Spanish to direct people to the
testing site- great collaboration, thank you Pasco.
BFHD continues to try to establish testing dates/sites with MTI at least 3 days out. We have received a number of
comments stating that more people would be able to use this service if they were aware of this service sooner
The National Guard and BFHD continues testing at both the Toyota Center in Kennewick (back side accessed from
Grandridge Blvd) and the HAPO Center (TRAC) – No appointments and bring Insurance card - if you have coverage –
if not insurance is not required. These drive thru testing sites are available to all residents and do not require a
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physician’s order to receive a test. Those that need a “free” test can still get a test. Both sites will operate Tuesday –
Saturday 0800-1300 for an undetermined amount of time. To date there has been 7110 tests administered: 3506 at
the Toyota Center site and 3604 at the HAPO Center site
The approximate positivity rate from the National Guard Testing sites is 15% - PLEASE NOTE that if a person has
previously tested positive “re-tests” through the National Guard site and is still positive they are NOT counted as a
new case – this does NOT add to our case count
TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERS Develop and administer volunteer training and coordination to supplement current staff as
needed.
Interested in volunteering at BFHD go to: waserv.org
COMMUNITY RELATIONS / PUBLIC INFORMATION: Keep our community informed and educated; providing accurate
information. Maintain our call center and website; providing updated information. Develop and maintain media products for
the weekly press conference.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex M. Azar II, renewed the National Public Health Emergency effective
January 31, 2020, https://www.phe.gov/emergency/news/healthactions/phe/Pages/covid19-
23June2020.aspx
Governor Inslee issued additional rollbacks to the Safe Start Phases in effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in
Washington. Click the link for information on what has changed. https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-
announces-rollbacks-to-some-activities-to-slow-covid-19-exposure-19003e510127
Benton County has provided 3 employees to assist with BFHD data analysis
City of Richland conducted another drive thru mask give away on Friday July 24th at the Richland City shops. 2500
cloth face coverings were available to the public for free
Our “Road to Recovery Plan” Plan – click here
https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=10766056&pageId=16713009 and click on “Benton and Franklin
Counites Road to Recover Plan”
BFHD updates Website Twitter and Facebook daily
LOGISTICS:
PPE RECEIVING/DISTRIBUTION:
Benton and Franklin Counties have been notified that they will be receiving child size cloth masks from the State
Emergency Operations Center, Benton County to receive 7200 and Franklin County to receive 4800. These masks
are earmarked for the 200% Federal Poverty Level population
The state is planning on providing another round of adult cloth masks to the counties in the near future. These
masks will be designated for the 200% Federal Poverty level population
PPE requests from Hospitals/EMS/Law Enforcement/Clinics/LTC/Dentists need to be sent to their respective
Emergency Management no later than 10:00am every Friday or as circumstances dictate – a weekly request will be
made to the state every Friday for delivery of supplies the following week
Benton – [email protected] Franklin – [email protected]
DAILY and FUTURE OPERATIONS:
RECURRING ACTIVITIES:
Daily at 8:00am - Operational Briefing via ZOOM if you would like an invite for this Zoom meeting email Janae Parent
Daily at 8:30am - info coordination call with PIO and Info group
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M-W-F at 10:30am - Local Hospital/Clinic coordination call via ZOOM
Coordination call with the WA State EOC Monday and Thursday 1-877-820-7831, password 782831# - State SitRep is
not produced on the weekends it will be sent M-F only
Daily at 4:00pm – Planning Meeting via ZOOM – if you would like an invite for this Zoom meeting email Janae Parent
M-F at 5:00 dissemination of BFHD Incident Action Plan released - on Friday the IAP will be a 3-day IAP encompassing
the weekend plan (Sat, Sun, Mon)
Tuesday at 2:00pm - BFHD hosts local elected officials and decision-makers conference call
Tuesday at 3:00pm - EMS/Fire/Public Health discussion meeting
Tuesday/Friday at 5:00pm - Unified Situational Report (SitRep) released
Tuesday at 2:00 - SEOC Unified Command Ops to BFHD Command Ops meeting
Wednesday at 1:30pm – Call with local agricultural partners
Wednesday at 1:00pm - North Franklin County Community Leadership meeting – call in phone 1-509-545-3555
meeting number: 5847# access code: 3555#
Thursday at 11:00am - BFHD press conference covering the current situation/status and guest speakers will be
included to discuss special topics, when appropriate
Thursday at 1:30 - Municipality Advisory Council
Every other Thursday at 2:30pm - call with BFHD and LTC agencies
Every other Friday at 2:00pm – Central and Eastern WA Counties meeting to discuss farmworkers and H2A Housing
communities information/concerns/coordination
FUTURE OPERATIONS:
Waiting or additional information and guidance from DOH and OSPI for school reopening planning
Continue planning efforts towards phase 2 re-open of the Tri-Cities
CURRENT RISKS:
Lack of social distancing in community parks and recreation areas
Statewide increase in positive cases
Potential loss of Washington State National Guard assets for Testing Site Missions after August 7th
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION:
• Benton-Franklin Health District- All News: https://www.bfhd.wa.gov
• Washington State Department of Health: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
• REDI Healthcare Coalition: https://srhd.org/programs-and-services/hcc/eei-
DISTRIBUTED TO:
Local Health Jurisdiction: Management Team, EOC/ECC Staff, all BFHD Staff
Region 8: Local Emergency Response Coordinators, Emergency Management agencies, healthcare partners, Fire/EMS agencies
WA State: Regional Emergency Response Coordinators, DOH Duty Officer
Eastern WA: REDi Coalition Duty Officer
Cross Boarder: Oregon Regions 6 and 9 Liaisons