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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is reporting three new cases this week, bringing the county's official cumulative total to 313, with three cases considered active. According to the Washington Department of Health, 30 covid-19 cases in the county required a hospital stay since the pandemic began, and seven local residents have died from the virus. The new cases appear to be unrelated, and while the department does not expect any more cases to arise from the three reported this week, WHHS...
With the easy availability of at home tests, it's impossible to know exactly how many cases of covid-19 are actually active in the county. No one tested positive through official channels in the last seven days, and Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is reporting that the cumulative number of cases stands at 310, with one case reported last week remaining active. The Washington Department of Health is reporting a seventh death in Wahkiakum, as well as 30 known hospitalizations since the...
There was one reported case of covid-19 in the past week in Wahkiakum County, bringing the cumulative total of officially reported cases to 310, with one case considered currently active. The Washington Department of Health is reporting that 30 hospitalizations and six deaths can be attributed to covid-19 in Wahkiakum County. According the the WA DOH dashboard, 74 percent of the population age five and up in the state of Washington are fully vaccinated. The percentage of people age five in up...
There have been no new cases of covid-19 officially reported in the last week, and the cumulative number of cases in Wahkiakum County stands at 309, with zero active cases known. The Washington Department of Health is reporting 30 hospitalizations and six deaths attributed to covid-19 in the county. According to Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff, the dominant strain of covid-19 in the United States and other parts of the world is the BA.2 version of omicron. "Case...
There were no officially reported cases of covid-19 in Wahkiakum County in the last week, and the cumulative total remained at 309, with no reported cases currently active. Meanwhile, with the abundance, ease, and anonymity of at home tests, there is concern about how many cases there actually are. “Many of my colleagues share a concern that with the growing rise in availability of at-home test kits, the number of actual cases are being significantly underreported,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Se...
There were no official new cases of covid-19 reported last week, and the cumulative number in Wahkiakum County stands at 309. There are no known active cases at this time, but with the ready availability of at-home tests, it’s hard to know any real numbers. The Washington Department of Health (DOH) is reporting that 81 percent of the population in the state age five and up is fully vaccinated, but in Wahkiakum County, that number is much lower, at 51.1 percent. According to the DOH, the n...
With no new official cases reported, the cumulative number of covid-19 cases in Wahkiakum County remained at 309 this week. Two previously reported cases remain active. The number of reported hospitalizations in the county is 25, and six deaths have been attributed to the virus. “We have had no new cases in almost two weeks,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said. “Cases are largely continuing to decline across the country and in Washington. "There are some hot spots...
With at home tests available, the actual number of covid-19 cases in Wahkiakum County is unclear, but the official count went up by one this week, bringing the cumulative number to 309, with six cases considered active. The number of deaths attributed to covid in the county now stands at six, and there have been 25 reported hospitalizations. There were five patients being treated for covid-19 at St. John Hospital in Longview on Tuesday. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH)reports that 73.4 percent of the population age five and up...
Five new cases of covid-19 were reported on Monday, bringing the cumulative total for Wahkiakum County to 308, with seven considered potentially active. The reported number of people who have been hospitalized in the county for covid-19 stands at 24, and one more death in the county has recently been attributed to covid-19. “It looks like the [Washington] Department of Health has assigned us another fatality,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services (WHHS ) Director Chris Bischoff said. “We are n...
The cumulative number of covid-19 cases rose to 306 this week after three new cases were reported. Of those, seven are considered potentially active. In the county, the number of reported hospitalizations rose to 25, and the number of deaths attributed to covid-19 stands at five. The number of patients being treated for covid-19 at St. John Hospital was down to 12 on Tuesday. “Covid cases continue to decline around us and in Washington State as a whole,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Dir...
There were two more cases of covid-19 reported in Wahkiakum County this week, bringing the cumulative total to 303 official cases. Nine of those are considered potentially active. There were 20 patients being treated for covid-19 at St. John Hospital on Tuesday. The Washington Department of Health is reporting 24 hospitalizations and five deaths attributed to covid-19 in Wahkiakum. It is also reporting that 72.7 percent of the state’s population age 5 years and up is fully vaccinated while t...
Four new covid-19 cases in the past week brought Wahkiakum County’s cumulative number of cases to 301, with 19 considered active. The number of reported hospitalizations has risen to 21, and deaths attributed to the virus stands at five. The number of patients being treated for covid-19 at St. John Hospital had risen to 33 as of Tuesday. The state is reporting that 72.8 percent of Washington’s population age five and up is considered to be fully vaccinated, while 80.2 percent have had at lea...
Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services (WHHS) on Monday received positive test result notifications for 2 additional COVID-19 cases in Wahkiakum County residents. This brings Wahkiakum to a cumulative total of 303 cases with 9 of those potentially active** and 5 fatalities. Department staff are working to identify anyone who may have an exposure risk because of contact with the individuals. Those people with close contact will be notified by Health and Human Services (WHHS) staff. Vaccines are freely available to anyone 5 or older in...
There were five new reported cases of covid-19 in Wahkiakum County on Monday and two more on Wednesday after The Eagle had gone to press, bringing the cumulative total to 299, with 19 considered potentially active. That may not be all the cases of covid-19 in the county with the availability of at-home tests. "Many people who are using home tests don't report on them and don't follow positives up with PCR tests," Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said. "So we're...
There were seven new cases of covid-19, this week, with three reported last Thursday and four more on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total to 294. Of those, 24 are considered potentially active. The risk of contracting covid-19 in Washington is very high, according to the press release from Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, and they confirm that there is “active community spread” in the county. WHHS says that vaccines are the best possible protection from covid-19, and that boosters are rec...
There were 11 more cases of covid-19 reported in the past week, with four on Thursday and seven on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total to 287 in Wahkiakum County. Of those, 19 are considered potentially active. “We have had a lot of cases in the past few weeks in Wahkiakum,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Director Chris Bischoff said. “There has not been a centralized source for these. "It looks like nationally, in Washington, and in surrounding counties like cases overall are start...
Following are US Center for Disease Control and Prevention summaries of study results comparing the correlation between vaccination and non-vaccination for covid-19 patients in hospitalizations and risk of death. Summary: Rate of hospitalization For all adults aged 18 years and older, the cumulative COVID-19-associated hospitalization rate was about 8 times higher in unvaccinated persons. Although weekly rates can vary, the cumulative rate of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in unvaccinated...
Following are US Center for Disease Control and Prevention summaries of study results comparing the correlation between vaccination and non-vaccination for covid-19 patients in hospitalizations and risk of death. Summary: Rate of hospitalization For all adults aged 18 years and older, the cumulative COVID-19-associated hospitalization rate was about 8 times higher in unvaccinated persons. Although weekly rates can vary, the cumulative rate of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in unvaccinated...
Each business or entity operating in Phase 3 of Safe Start Washington, must develop a written Safety Plan outlining how its workplace will prevent the spread of COVID-19 that is at least as protective as the requirements from the Department of Labor & Industry....
Gov. Jay Inslee announced today the expansion of Safe Start - Washington's Phased Reopening plan. The expansion comes as the current Stay Home, Stay Healthy order ends midnight Sunday. The expansion moves Washington through the phased reopening on a county-by-county basis. With this new approach, counties will have more flexibility to demonstrate they can safely allow additional economic activity based on targeted metrics....
This dashboard provides a high-level overview of the main data points discussed among state leaders and the level of risk experts perceive around the current numbers. It is not intended to represent the totality of all COVID-19 related data...
Wahkiakum County Courts (Superior Court, District Court, and County Clerk) continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic, and to collaborate with state officials and the Wahkiakum County Health Department to ensure the health and safety of our courts, the judicial community, and the public. All jury trials have been cancelled through July 6, 2020. While access to the courthouse remains restricted for health and safety during the pandemic, functions at the courthouse are still available during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through...
To slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public places where social distancing is difficult to maintain, such as grocery stores....
Federal health officials estimated in early April that more than 300,000 Americans could die from COVID-19 if all social distancing measures are abandoned, and later estimates pushed the possible death toll even higher, according to documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity. Some outside experts say even that grim outlook may be too optimistic....
Washington will partially reopen outdoor recreation activities May 5, including many previously shuttered state parks, public lands and boat ramps as well as recreational hunting and fishing, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday....
