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UNIFIED SITUATION REPORT #34
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Event Name: BFHD COVID-19
Report Period: 08/05/2020 – 08/07/2020 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: 12:45 pm 08/7/2020 Benton Franklin
Confirmed* 3690 3447
Deaths** 105 40
*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 08/7/2020 12:45 pm # of Cases Pasco 3030 Eltopia 44
Mesa 69
Connell 240
Kahlotus <10
Kennewick 2169 Richland 750 West Richland 183
Benton City 135 Prosser 349
Plymouth 14
Patterson <10 Other (rural/blank) 149
Current Hospital Status Updated: 12:45 pm 08/7/2020 M-F COVID Like Illness = CLI
# Hospitalized Patients
# COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
% COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
Current hospitalized patients 312 33 10.6%
Case Locations of Interest updated 12:45 pm on 08/7/2020
# of Cases
Long Term Care Residents and Staff 469
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 17 confirmed active outbreaks in the general business community – these outbreaks meet the
definition of an outbreak and have had active cases within the last 28 days. Additionally, there are 7 Long Term Care
facilities that have active outbreaks
The Epi Outreach team will be working to catch up on pending investigations as the frequency of new cases in the
active outbreaks is beginning to slow down
BFHD Health Officer issued a letter to Benton and Franklin County School Superintendents stating that the case
counts in Benton and Franklin are well above the metrics beings discussed for schools to resume in-person
instruction. Dr. Person stated she does not recommended schools in our area to reopen in the fall with in-person
instruction. A copy of the letter can be found here
https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/programs_services/investigations___outbreaks/c_o_v_i_d-
19/c_o_v_i_d_community_recovery - click on BFHD School Reopening Recommendation (July 28 2020)
The schools team will be consulting with other Local Health Jurisdictions to compare notes, lesson learned and ideas
about school plans
WA DOH released a Decision Tree for Provision of In Person Learning among K-12 Students at Public and Private
Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/DecisionTree-K12schools.pdf
Governor Inslee has issued new graduated re-start plan guidance for Long Term Care Facilities. A facility cannot move forward a phase in the long-term care plan unless the county it is located in has advanced to at least that phase in the Safe Start plan. For example, Benton and Franklin are in a Modified Phase 1 so our LTC’s cannot move beyond Phase 1 in the long-term care plan before the county moves forward in the county Safe Start plan. This link provides the details of the Long Term Care Guidance https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-announces-guidance-for-long-term-care-facilities-fe43b2183495
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CARE COORDINATION:
BFHD Community Recovery
Webpage: https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=10766056&pageId=16713009
Care Coordination Team working with organizations like 2nd Harvest, Walgreens, and Kroger to provide care boxes of
food, hygiene items, and cloth masks (both child size and regular size -provided by Emergency Management) to
people who have identified as needing assistance while in Isolation or Quarantine
COMMUNITY TESTING:
MTI conducted “Pop-Up” COVID Testing at Kurtzman Park in Pasco on Wednesday, August 5th administering
approximately 55 tests. MTI conducted testing in Connell at Pioneer Park in Connell on Thursday (numbers of tests
administered were not available at the time of the SitRep)
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
physician’s order to receive a test. Those that need a “free” test can still get a test. Both sites will operate Tuesday –
Saturday 7:00 am – 12:00 pm. To date The National Guard has administered 9,602 COVID tests. 4,650 At the Toyota
Center and 4,952 at the HAPO Center.
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The National Guards mission at the HAPO center has been extended until Dec 15, 2020. The Toyota testing site will
be closing next week on August 15th and relocated to another area of the state per WA DOH request. Beginning next
week, the times of operations will change to 7:00 am to 1:00pm
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 a paid temporary position with BFHD for Contact Tracing – apply at Express Employment Professionals
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.
6 month timeline of COIVD in Benton and Franklin County has been posted on the BFHD website https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/news/what_s_new/c_o_v_i_d-19__6-_month_timeline
On Wednesday 8/5/20, Governor Jay Inslee announced he is recommending most schools in Washington state to consider enacting distance learning when school resumes this fall.
o For high risk counties, Inslee strongly urges distance learning for students at every level, with limited in-person options for students with disabilities. High risk counties are: Benton, Franklin, Chelan, Douglas, Yakima, Grant, Adams, Walla Walla, Columbia, Klickitat, Kittitas, Kitsap, Pierce, King, Snohomish, Mascon, Pacific, Skagit, Okanogan, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Spokane
o Moderate risk counties are recommended to provide distance learning for middle and high school students, with in-person learning for elementary school students and those with disabilities. Moderate risk counties are: Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Thurston, Lewis, Clallam, Island, Whatcom, Skamania, Ferry, Lincoln, Whitman
o Low risk counties may have a hybrid model incorporating both distance and in-person learning for middle and high schools, and full-time in-person classes for elementary school students. Low risk counties are: Jefferson, San Juan, Garfield, Asotin, Wahkiakum
https://medium.com/wagovernor/inslee-announces-education-recommendations-for-2020-2021-school-year-4d510fe16f4
Secretary of Health John Wiseman has approved an expansion to our Modified Phase 1 to include Curbside Library
services effective as soon as the libraries are in compliance with the plan requirements.
o Prior to reopening operations for mail and curbside pickup, libraries are required to develop a
comprehensive COVID-19 exposure control, mitigation, and recovery plan that conforms to the
requirements of this document. The plan must include policies regarding the following control measures:
PPE utilization; on-location physical distancing; no-contact material returns; hygiene; sanitation; symptom
monitoring; incident reporting; disinfection procedures; COVID-19 safety training; exposure response
procedures and a post-exposure incident project-wide recovery plan. A copy of the plan must be available at
the location for inspection by state and local authorities. Failure to meet planning requirements may result
in sanctions, including forced closure of the location
o For a full list of requirements use the link below
https://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/COVID19Phase2LibrariesGuidance.pdf?utm_medium=ema
il&utm_source=govdelivery
Our community is continuing to show excellent rates of masking at grocery stores with another week at 98%. Thank
you to our city partners for helping to collect the survey data.
BFHD updates Website Twitter and Facebook daily
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LOGISTICS:
PPE RECEIVING/DISTRIBUTION:
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
M-W-F at 10:30am - Local Hospital/Clinic coordination call via ZOOM
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 11:30am - Coordination call with the WA State EOC, 1-877-820-7831, password 782831# - State SitRep is
not produced on the weekends it will be sent M-F only
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:
Implementing guidance from DOH and OSPI for school reopening
Continue planning efforts towards phase 2 re-opening of the Tri-Cities
Decommission of Toyota Center Test site on end of day August 15th
Potential for a second testing line to be established at the HAPO Center next week
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CURRENT RISKS:
Social impacts from schools not conducting in classroom education
Statewide increase in positive cases
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