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UNIFIED SITUATION REPORT #75
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Event Name: BFHD COVID-19
Report Period: 03/04/2021 – 03/10/2021 Mission #: 20-0265 Jurisdictions Impacted:
Benton & Franklin Counties
YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS DENOTE NEW/CHANGED INFORMATION
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 3/03/2021 Benton Franklin
Confirmed* 14827 11074
Deaths** 198 94
*Confirmed: positive test result. **Deaths Due to changes in the Vital Statistics Law (RCW 70.58A) that support increased
security on personal information, access to data for death records is more limited. BFHD will report deaths weekly on Friday’s.
Current Hospital Status 3/03/2021 M-F COVID Like Illness = CLI
# Hospitalized Patients
# COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
% COVID-19 Confirmed & CLI
Current hospitalized patients 387 15 3.9
HEALTHY WASHINGTON ROADMAP TO RECOVERY
Healthy Washington Roadmap to Recovery – South Central Region at Phase 2 – Feb 24th the Governor paused all
movement in the Roadmap to recovery. All Regions remain at phase 2 and phase metrics will not be updated.
Roadmap to Recovery Metrics: | Washington State Coronavirus Response (COVID-19)
Healthy Washington – Business Guidance, COVID-19 Reopening Guidance for Businesses and Workers | Governor Jay
Inslee (wa.gov)
Healthcare Readiness by Region link - https://coronavirus.wa.gov/what-you-need-know/covid-19-risk-assessment-
dashboard
COVID testing and cases by county link https://coronavirus.wa.gov/what-you-need-know/covid-19-risk-assessment-
dashboard
City Case Count 2/17/2021 April OFM Population # of Cases Pasco 77,100 9778 Mesa 495 337
Connell 5,500 671
Kahlotus 165 18
Eltopia - 159
Kennewick 84,960 8279
Richland 58,550 3614
West Richland 15,710 1027
Benton City 3,560 651
Prosser 6220 993
Plymouth - 48
Paterson - 37
Not Specified - 289
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Case Locations of Interest 3/03/2021
# of Cases
Long Term Care Residents and Staff 829
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 )
OPERATIONS SECTION:
OUTBREAK MITIGATION & DATA: 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.
We had a decline in our COVID numbers from last week to this week. Over the last 7 days we had 263 cases, in
comparison to the previous 7 days of 340 cases and 7 days prior to that our case total 306
Active Outbreaks in the community: these outbreaks meet the definition of an outbreak according to DOH
o General Business Community – 23 with 6 pending investigations
o Long Term Care Facilities – 5 with 2 pending investigations
o HealthCare Settings – 1 with 1 pending investigation
o Childcare Settings –0 with 2 pending investigation
o Schools – 0 with 1 pending investigations
BFHD working with DOE on potential clusters in some of the smaller DOE sub-contractors.
DOH Statewide COVID-19 Outbreak Report of as March 4, 2021 Statewide COVID-19 Outbreak Report (wa.gov)
Update to antigen test guidance to no longer require a PCR confirmatory test after a positive antigen test
BFHD long-term care group has been assisting with a Norovirus outbreak at a Long-Term Care facility
DOH statewide report of school outbreaks in K-12 schools as of February 24, 2021 Washington State COVID-19
Outbreaks in K-12 Schools Report
DOH – Learn to Return Playbook can be downloaded here Dropbox - Learn To Return Playbook - Simplify your life
There has been a re-classification of the outbreak definition in a school setting to reflect only those outbreaks that
involve student classroom/learning environment transmission. BFHD has received clarification from DOH that this
includes outbreaks in kitchen/cafeteria staff or transportation staff (bus drivers) that may affect students.
Visit each individual school district website for current information on hybrid learning schedules, safety plans and
COVID-19 Activity Dashboards
CONTACT TRACING & CARE COORDINATION:
• Care Coordination team connects people in Isolation or quarantine to the services they need to stay isolated. This
may be providing a Walgreens Hygiene kit or a Kroger Food box or connecting them with rent assistance, grocery
or prescription delivery or other services. Care Coordination is averaging about 20 case referrals per day.
• 2 Contact tracing staff are being trained to provide support to data entry
• DOH Metrics for Case Investigation and Contact Tracing
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/data-tables/COVID19-
CaseInvestigationContractTracingReport.pdf
VACCINE PREPAREDNESS:
Mass Vaccination site has to date provided over 23,000 vaccinations – last week’s vaccination #’s are as follows:
Thursday 3/4 -1556, Friday 3/5 – 1334, Saturday 3/6 -594, Tuesday 3/9 – 1228, Wednesday 3/10, 1363
Appointments for first doses and those still needing second doses are being taken this week for ALL those eligible
1B-1 including educators and licensed childcare workers. The link to the registration page can be found here
https://prepmod.doh.wa.gov/clinic/search
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The Site will continue to have a holding line although the timeline for holding line varies each day it generally
begins around 12:00-1:00 pm. The holding line provides an opportunity to utilize the remaining vaccines for the
day due to appointment no-shows.
Proposed schedule for moving to 1B-2 and beyond can be found here
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/VaccinationPhasesInfographic.pdf
COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Guidance and Interim Allocation Framework
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/820-112-
InterimVaccineAllocationPrioritization.pdf
BFHD and partner agencies have begun to provide vaccinations to “Homebound” 1B-1 eligible people who
need/want a COVID vaccination – EMS agencies across our area will work to provide the vaccinations at the
identified individuals’ homes and wait with the individual for the 15-30 minute after for vaccine evaluation.
BFHD is working on their Phase 1B-2 vaccination plan
Governor Inslee was scheduled to visit the Mass Vaccination site on Tuesday March 9th after his visit to Robert
Frost Elementary School in Pasco, but unfortunately the visit had to be canceled.
The Mass Vaccination site did encounter some “protest” activity on Tuesday March 9th, however nothing that
prevented the site from operating or compromised the safety of the site.
Right now, demand is for vaccine is still higher than supply, but we are getting closer. We are now getting more
than 300,000 doses a week! Here is the latest allocation for the week of March 15. Next week’s allocation is all
Pfizer; there will not be any Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Washington State providers requested
411,230 doses of vaccine; Washington will receive from the Federal Government 334,340 doses.
BFHD continues to work on transportation issues relating to getting people transportation access to locations that
can provide COVID vaccinations (other than the mas vax site) – Ben Franklin Transit, 211, Senior Life Resources,
Aging and Long-term Care and others are all collaborating in this effort.
Richland Senior Association volunteers have been assisting in connecting seniors who are not technologically
savvy with the documents they need (phase finder and PrepMod) for their COVID vaccinations, if you need
assistance you can call 1-800-595-4070
Is it COVID-19 or a Vaccine Reaction? Click here for infographic 820-124_COVID-19_Post-vaccination-
graphic_2021 (wa.gov)
The federal retail pharmacy program is a partnership between the federal government and 21 national pharmacy
chains and independent pharmacy networks Participating pharmacies. The purpose is to help bring COVID-19
vaccine to communities across the United States. Over time, the program will include over 40,000 retail locations
nationwide. The vaccine sent to pharmacies in this program are in addition to the state allocated amount. In our
area pharmacies such as Albertsons, Kroger, and Costco are providing vaccinations. Check the pharmacy website
to find out if they offer COVID-19 vaccine in your community. Please note that early on your local pharmacy may
not have vaccine, or they may have limited supply.
A local partnership with RX Pharmacy in Richland has provided COVID vaccinations to over 20 Adult family Homes
in our community.
BFHD vaccination team is working to connect local and state partners to facilitate discussions about vaccination
clinics for school staff.
BFHD vaccine team is meeting weekly with DOH Equity team to assure equity with vaccine rollout.
Presentation to ECEAP 3.10.21 on vaccines including Q&A.
COMMUNITY TESTING:
CBC-West Test Site: To date the site has administered 74,937 COVID tests. Testing numbers this week are as follows:
Thursday 3/4/2021 –336, Friday 3/5/2021 -323, Saturday 3/6/2021 -217, Sunday 3/7/2021-170, Monday 03/8/2021 –
309, Tuesday 03/9/2021-299, Wednesday 03/10/2021,310
CBC West test site “pop-Up” test clinic in the Fiesta Foods parking lot in Pasco on Friday 3/12/21. BFHD staff will also
be present to provide community education on vaccinations and other COVID-19 resources.
CBC-West Test Site remains open 7 days a week Monday -Sunday from 8:30am to 4:00pm - pre-registration makes
for a faster experience at the test site – however you may still have to wait in line until you reach the point where the
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site breaks into lanes, please be patient. Click the link to be taken to the registration page
www.wacovid19.org/tricitiestesting
Positivity rate for the CBC West Test Site is 17.46%. The 14-day positivity rate at this site is 10.69%
BFHD Operations team met with Health Commons Project to discuss mobile point-of-care testing for hard to reach
population groups.
PUBLIC INFORMATION:
NEWS AND INFORMATION OF INTEREST:
Department of Health adopting CDC guidance on safe behaviors post-vaccine Department of Health adopting CDC guidance on safe behaviors post-vaccine > Washington State Department of Health * please note this guidance DOES NOT apply to healthcare settings and also ALL workplace guidelines and mask mandates as directed by the governor are still in effect even it fully vaccinated.
Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People | CDC
DOH COVID-19 Response Update Media Briefing, tomorrow March 11th at 9:30 am – TVW will livestream the briefing here.
More than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Washington. DOH announced that health care providers have given more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine since rollout began in mid-December. This milestone follows several major achievements in the past week, including reaching the state’s goal of giving 45,000 doses of vaccine per day and approaching 100,000 doses of vaccine administered at four state-led mass vaccination sites in just six weeks. Read the full news release here.
Department of Health launches weekly SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variant report https://www.doh.wa.gov/Newsroom/Articles/ID/2646/Department-of-Health-launches-weekly-SARS-CoV-2-sequencing-and-variant-report
PNNL Demystifying COVID-19 A Special Edition Seminar Series Demystifying COVID-19 | PNNL o March 16th 5-6 PM Behind the Mask: The Science on Stopping the Spread Register here o March 23rd 5-6 PM Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 and What’s Up With the New Vaccine, Anyways? Register here o March 30th 5-6 PM Model Me this: COVID-19 Scientific Predictions and where We Go from Here Register here
New hours for state COVID-19 Information Hotline - the hotline is open 6am-10pm on Monday and 6am-6pm Tuesday through Sunday. Hotline specialists can answer questions on a variety of COVID-19 topics, including symptoms and testing, exposure to the virus, recommended isolation and quarantine periods, and in some cases assist with the vaccine phase finder documentation and online vaccination appointments. The hotline phone number is 1-800-525-0127
CDC mask fit hints and tips o Maximizing Fit for Cloth and Medical Procedure Masks to Improve Performance and Reduce SARS-CoV-2
Transmission and Exposure, 2021 | MMWR (cdc.gov) o Improve How Your Mask Protects You | CDC o Improve the Fit and Filtration of Your Mask to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 | CDC
Need support during COVID-19? Call Washington Listens - Crisis Connections helps facilitate a support line called
Washington Listens. Washington Listens will provide non-clinical support to people who feel sad, anxious, or stressed
due to COIVD-19. Washington Listens is free and anonymous. Any Washington resident can call, and a support
specialist will listen and help to guide you to connections within your community. Call Washington Listens at 1-833-
681-0211. Someone is available to talk from Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
TTY and language access services are available
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“Ask Dr. Amy” NBC Right Now - Tuesdays at 5:00pm - provides the community the opportunity to ask Dr. Amy Person,
BFHD Health Officer questions
There will be no BFHD Media Briefing this week
Heather Hill with BFHD is on Kadlec on Call every other Wednesday on KONA Radio at 6:00pm
BFHD updates Website Twitter and Facebook daily
LOGISTICS:
PPE RECEIVING/DISTRIBUTION:
All PPE requests for either Benton County facilities/agencies or Franklin County facilities/agencies will now go
through Franklin County Emergency Management. Reminder entities should only be requesting assistance for
those supplies they are unable to procure for themselves. Contact for PPE request is Sean Davis at
Updated PPE prioritization guidelines can be found here
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/PPEPrioritizationofAllocation.pdf
List of PPE vendors the state uses to procure PPE items
https://des.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/documents/ContractingPurchasing/covid19/Vendors.pdf
If you are curious to know how much PPE each county has received from the state you can find that information
here https://coronavirus.wa.gov/what-you-need-know/personal-protective-equipment/tracking-ppe-distribution
DAILY and FUTURE OPERATIONS:
RECURRING ACTIVITIES:
Daily at 8:00am - Operational Briefing
Tuesday Planning meeting at 4:00pm – Planning Meeting via ZOOM
Dissemination of BFHD weekly Incident Action Plan released Tuesday’s by 5:00
Tuesday at 1:00pm – Region 8 Healthcare and partners call
Every other Tuesday at 2:00pm - BFHD hosts local elected officials and decision-makers conference call
Tuesday at 2:00 - SEOC Unified Command Ops to BFHD Command Ops meeting
Unified Situational Report (SitRep) dissemination once weekly - Wednesday only
Medical Provider Call Tuesday at 5:30pm This is a forum for providers to ask questions about mostly COVID topics
presented by many different medical providers each week.
Every other Wednesday at 1:00 PM- BFHD School Team hosts a call with local school nursing staff.
Every other Thursday at 2:00pm – Call with local agricultural partners. The BFHD Outreach team participates in an Agriculture call hosted by Yakima Health District, hosted the third Friday of every month.
Every other Wednesday at 1:00pm - North Franklin County Community Leadership meeting – call in phone 1-509-
545-3555 meeting number: 5847# access code: 3555# the next meeting will be March 17, 2021
Thursday at 11:30am - Coordination call with the WA State EOC, 1-877-820-7831, password 782831# - State SitRep
will only be disseminated on Fridays
Thursday at 10:00- BFHD School Team hosts a call with local school administration
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Every other Thursday at 1:30 - Municipality Advisory Council
Every other Wednesday at 1:30pm - call with BFHD and LTC agencies
FUTURE OPERATIONS:
Mobile vaccination and other community vaccine planning progression into the next phases
Healthy Washington, Roadmap-to-Recovery Plan metrics review every other Friday – This is still on “pause” by the
Governor
CURRENT RISKS:
Potential impact of variants B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 and the B.1.526 and the identification of the B1.1.7 variant identified
in Benton County
Vaccine supply and delivery to providers and patience within our community as the vaccines are provided through
the “phases”
Return to in-person/hybrid learning in schools across the two counties for middle and high school students–
monitoring for outbreaks
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
