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  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Nov 10, 2022

    Two more cases of covid-19 were reported in the last week, bringing the cumulative total to 614 according to the Washington Department of Health. The number of hospitalizations rose by one in the last week to 46, and nine deaths are attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. While 69.9 percent of the population of Washington State has received the prim...

  • Covid-19 update: One new case reported; latest boosters available

    Diana Zimmerman|Oct 27, 2022

    The number of reported covid-19 cases rose by one this week for a cumulative total of 612 in Wahkiakum County, according to the Washington Department of Health. The number of hospitalizations stands at 45, and nine deaths in the county have been attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. While 69.8 percent of the total population of the state of...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Oct 13, 2022

    The cumulative number of covid-19 cases in Wahkiakum County grew by one last week to 609 according to the Washington Department of Health. They also report one more hospitalization, bringing the total to 44, and nine deaths attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. “Covid-19 case levels are lower in many parts of the state, but still at concerning r...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Oct 6, 2022

    One more case of covid-19 was reported this week, bringing the cumulative total to 608 in Wahkiakum County, according to the Washington Department of Health. The number of hospitalizations rose by one to 43, and there have been nine deaths attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. "Covid-19 is on a slight increase in cases around the state,” W...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Sep 29, 2022

    Three more cases of covid-19 were reported in Wahkiakum County this week according to the Washington Department of Health, bringing the cumulative number to 607. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. The number of people hospitalized in the county because of covid-19 stands at 42, and nine deaths have been attributed to the virus. “Covid-19 activity levels in the state a...

  • Covid 19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Sep 22, 2022

    Four more cases of covid-19 were reported in the last week, bringing the cumulative number to 605 in the county, according to the Washington Department of Health. The number of hospitalizations in the county rose by one to 42, and the number of deaths attributed to the virus remained at nine. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. While 68.8 percent of the total...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Sep 15, 2022

    One more case of covid-19 was reported in Wahkiakum County in the last week, according to the Washington Department of Health, bringing their cumulative total for the county to 601. “Wahkiakum is in the low risk category and all of our neighbors are in the moderate category,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said. “Hopefully if we have good uptake of the new booster we can keep cases down for the fall.” The number of hospitalizations and deaths attributed to the vir...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Sep 8, 2022

    There was one new case of covid-19 reported in the last week, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 600 in Wahkiakum County, according to the Washington Department of Health. The number of hospitalizations of county residents stands at 41, and the number of deaths attributed to the virus stands at nine. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. As for vaccinations, 69.1...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Sep 1, 2022

    The cumulative number of cases of covid-19 being reported by the Washington Department of Health for Wahkiakum County rose by one this week to 599. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. The total number of hospitalizations remained at 41 over the last week, as did the number of deaths attributed to the virus, which stands at nine. While state DOH is reporting that 69.1...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Aug 25, 2022

    By Diana Zimmerman There were four more covid-19 cases reported in the last week in Wahkiakum County, according to the Washington Department of Health (WA DOH), bringing the cumulative number of covid-19 cases to 598, with eight of those considered currently active. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Aug 18, 2022

    The cumulative number of covid-19 cases rose to 594 in the last week with four new cases reported, according to the Washington Department of Health. The number of hospitalizations attributed to covid-19 rose by one to 40, and one more Wahkiakum County resident succumbed to the virus, bringing the number of local deaths attributed to covid-19 to nine. Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said that there were potentially 11 active cases in the county. Disclaimer: With the...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Aug 11, 2022

    The number of covid-19 cases rose by seven over the last week for a cumulative total of 590 cases in Wahkiakum County, with 10 considered currently active. According to Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff, covid-19 case numbers remain high in the state and are actually increasing in some areas. There were two more hospitalizations attributed to covid-19 in the county in the last week, bringing the total to 39. The number of deaths in the county stands at eight....

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Aug 4, 2022

    Eight more Wahkiakum County residents tested positive for covid-19 in the last week, according to the Washington Department of Health, bringing the cumulative total to 583. Hospitalizations stand at 37, and eight deaths in the county have been attributed to covid-19. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. Covid-19 cases are still pretty high in most of the state, but start...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jul 28, 2022

    The first case of monkeypox was confirmed in Cowlitz County on Tuesday. There have been 101 cases of orthopoxvirus, all believed to be monkeypox, confirmed in Washington state, with the majority of the cases found in King County. There has also been one case confirmed in Lewis County and one case confirmed in Clark County. “At this point, monkeypox is considered to be an outbreak by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director C...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jul 21, 2022

    The number of covid-19 cases reported by the Washington Department of Health (DOH) has risen by five in Wahkiakum County over the last week for a cumulative total of 572. Wahkiakum Health and Human Services (WHHS) Director Chris Bischoff said that including data from last week, there would be approximately 13 active cases in the county. Another hospitalization was reported by DOH as well, bringing the county total to 37. There have been seven deaths attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jul 14, 2022

    According to the Washington Department of Health, the number of covid-19 cases reported in Wahkiakum County rose by five in the last week for a total of 567. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. “Cases are surging in the state again,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said. “Go outside and keep your distance. Hopefully with the higher tempe...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jul 7, 2022

    According to the Washington Department of Health, the number of covid-19 cases being reported in Wahkiakum County in the last week had risen by nine to 562. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county, are hard to know. Two more hospitalizations were reported as well, bringing the total number to 36. The number of deaths attributed to covid-19 stands at seven. While WA DOH is reporting that 74.8...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jun 30, 2022

    The number of cumulative covid-19 cases reported by Wahkiakum Health and Human Services has come to a halt at 314 in recent weeks, with no active cases. While they are only counting cases confirmed by PCR tests, the Washington Department of Health (DOH) tallies PCR and antigen tests and is currently reporting 555 positive cases, 35 hospitalizations, and seven deaths attributed to covid-19 in the county. Last week, DOH reported 553 cases, 34 hospitalizations and seven deaths. Disclaimer: With...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jun 23, 2022

    No new cases of covid-19 were reported this week by Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, which only counts positive results from PCR tests, and their cumulative count stands at 314, with no active cases. The Washington Department of Health, which counts PCR and antigen tests, is reporting 553 total cases in the county, 34 hospitalizations, and seven deaths attributed to covid-19. Last week, the department reported 551 cases, 34 hospitalizations and seven deaths. "Case rates are still pretty...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jun 16, 2022

    The cumulative count of covid-19 cases in Wahkiakum County stands at 314, according to Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, which only counts PCR confirmed tests. According to the Washington Department of Health (DOH), which counts PCR and antigen tests, there have been 551 cases of covid-19, 34 visits to the hospital and seven deaths attributed to covid-19. A week previous, DOH reported a cumulative total of 547 cases in the county, 33 hospitalizations and seven deaths attributed to the virus....

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jun 9, 2022

    There are continued reports of people in Wahkiakum County with covid-19, but none of them were counted by Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, which is only documenting cases confirmed by PCR tests. That number stands at 314 cumulative cases, with one considered active. The Washington Department of Health, which counts PCR and antigen tests is reporting a cumulative total of 547 cases in the county as well as 33 hospitalizations and seven deaths attributed to the virus. Disclaimer: With the...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|Jun 2, 2022

    There are reports of covid-19 in the community, but no one has tested positive through official local channels in the last week, so the count at Wahkiakum Health and Human Services (WHHS) stands at 314, with one case considered active. WHHS only counts cases confirmed by PCR tests. This does not include any positive cases at Wahkiakum School District this year, because they have been using antigen tests. Meanwhile, the Washington Department of Health (DOH) is tracking PCR and antigen tests,...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|May 26, 2022

    There was one new official case of covid-19 this week, bringing the cumulative total to 314 in Wahkiakum County, with one case considered active. Wahkiakum and Health and Human Services, which only counts positive results from PCR tests, was awaiting more test results on Tuesday, which means there are potentially more cases. According to the Washington Department of Health, which counts confirmed and probable cases, reports that there have been 538 cases, 32 hospitalizations, and seven deaths...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|May 19, 2022

    With no new official cases to report in the last week, the cumulative number of cases in Wahkiakum County stands at 313, with two cases considered active. Disclaimer: With the easy availability of at home tests, it's impossible to know exactly how many cases of covid-19 are actually currently active in the county. According to the Washington Department of Health, there have been 32 hospitalizations and seven deaths in the county that can be attributed to covid-19 since the pandemic began. "Just...

  • Covid-19 update

    Diana Zimmerman|May 12, 2022

    By Diana ZimmermanWith no new official cases of covid-19 reported in the last week, the cumulative number in Wahkiakum County remains at 313 according to Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, with three cases still active from last week. Disclaimer: With the easy availability of at home tests, it's impossible to know exactly how many cases of covid-19 are actually currently active in the county. There have been 31 hospitalizations reported and seven deaths attributed to the virus in Wahkiakum...

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