First COVID Case In Grant Co Washington

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COVID cases in Washington increase to 70 including 20 new cases in King Co and 10 new cases in Snohomish Co

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These numbers will be updated daily at 11 a.m.

2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Washington
Positive (confirmed) * †	70
Deaths	10
* Positive Snohomish County - 18, including 1 death King County - 51, including 9 deaths Grant County - 1 case † Please contact the local health department for information.

Number of People Under Public Health Supervision
Number of people under public health supervision ‡	231
‡ The number of people under public health supervision includes those at risk of having been exposed to novel coronavirus who are monitoring their health under the supervision of public health officials. This number includes people who have returned from China in the past 14 days and are included in federal quarantine guidance.

Last updated: March 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/5/2020

TO: Grant County healthcare providers, infection control staff, supervisory nursing staff, clinic management, school nurses. Grant County Emergency Management Grant County Media

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT Maria Vargas, Community Public Health Manager 509-766-7960 ext. 19

COVID-19 Test Presumptive Positive in Grant County Resident at Central Washington Hospital; Patient at Samaritan Hospital Negative for the Virus and Quarantines Lifted

GRANT COUNTY, WA – GCHD was notified late Wednesday evening that a Grant County Resident being treated for possible COVID-19 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee is presumptive positive for the virus. Testing was conducted at the University of Washington and is waiting for confirmation at the State Public Health Lab. The patient is isolated in critical condition. If confirmed, this will be the first case of COVID-19 from Grant County, and the first detection of COVID-19 on the east side of our state.

The individual, a resident of Quincy in their eighties, did not report any recent travel outside the county, indicating the illness may have been acquired locally. Those who had close contact with the patient have been asked to quarantine. The investigation for the source continues.

The patient tested for COVID-19 from Samaritan Hospital was negative and quarantines for those exposed to that patient were lifted. See Samaritan Hospital’s release here: https://bit.ly/32XAAcn

These two patients are the ones reported as possible cases earlier in the week. Currently, there are no new patients from Grant County under official investigation of COVID-19, but we expect that to change as this global situation continues to evolve.

On the west side of the state, cases of COVID-19 continue to rise—39 cases total, 10 deaths—and it is likely that more cases will be confirmed in our communities in the future.

GCHD, together with its healthcare, emergency management and law enforcement partners, has been working aggressively to respond to this threat. However, help from everyone is needed at this time to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities and reduce the number of people impacted. GCHD is asking that the public do their part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 by doing the following:

http://granthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/presumptive-positive-COVID-19-PUI-MediaRelease_3_5_20.pdf

Edited March 5, 2020 by niman