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UNIFIED SITUATION REPORT #31
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Event Name: BFHD COVID-19
Report Period: 07/25/2020 – 07/28/2020 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 07/28/2020 Benton Franklin
Confirmed* 3307 3322
Deaths** 99 39
*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 07/28/2020 12:30 pm # of Cases Pasco 2733 Eltopia 41
Mesa 61
Connell 196
Kahlotus <10
Kennewick 1975 Richland 638 West Richland 161
Benton City 112 Prosser 314
Plymouth 10
Patterson <10
Current Hospital Status Updated: 1:15 pm 07/28/2020 M-F COVID Like Illness = CLI
# Hospitalized Patients
# COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
% COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
Current hospitalized patients 324 55 17.0%
Case Locations of Interest updated 1:15 pm on 07/28/2020
# of Cases
Long Term Care Residents and Staff 438
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 – 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
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
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CARE COORDINATION:
Care Coordination team continues to reach out to those 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.
BFHD Community Recovery
Webpage: https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=10766056&pageId=16713009
COMMUNITY TESTING:
There will be no MTI “Pop Up” test sites this week
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
Continue planning for Health Commons Project (HCP) for COVID Testing. The goal is to partner with HPC and our
local fire departments/districts to expand our community testing capacity
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 0800-1300 for an undetermined amount of time. To date there has been 7528 tests administered: 3692 at
the Toyota Center site and 3836 at the HAPO Center site
The approximate positivity rate from the National Guard Testing sites is 15.2% - 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.
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Developing signage that municipalities can use to post at their parks to discourage congregating and the use of sports
fields
9 Covid-19 Business Safety Plans were submitted in Franklin County this week for a total of 100 plans submitted in
the county – Benton County has had a total of 455 COVID-19 Business Safety Plans submitted
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 received their allotment of child-sized masks: Benton County received 7200 and
Franklin County received 4800. Both counties will work with community partners for distribution.
Benton and Franklin Counties have requested an additional cloth masks. Franklin will receive an additional 10,000
and Benton will receive 90,000. 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
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#
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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
Waiting for notice of continued funding for both National Guard testing sites from the Federal and/or State agencies
CURRENT RISKS:
Heat advisory and safety of National Guard test site personnel
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
