Covid-19 Community Update: 22 Jan

Warm Springs, OR January 22, 2021

Contact: Louie Pitt, Jr.
Director Government Affairs & Planning
Email: louie.pitt@wstribes.org
Phones: 541-553-3540/541-777-1359

“As of 9:06 am, 1/22/2021 – Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center has sent in or tested 7462 Total Tests, 6766 Total Negative, 0 Test Pending, 669 Total Positive Cases, 27 Total Invalid, 76 Hospitalized, 73 Discharged, 19 Deaths, 75 Positive test from other facilities, 744 Total. 1/21 – a total of 49 tested, 4 new positive, 10 total positives for the week, 3 Current Hospitalization, 1 on ventilator, 0 death reported. St. Charles hospitals at 68.93% occupancy and ICS at 43.33%. There are currently 42 persons with active COVID-19 receiving daily monitoring by Tribal and HIS staff and 52 close contacts receiving daily monitoring by IHS staff. ” Hyllis D. Dauphinais, Sr., CEO, Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center, 541-553-2176 (Office).

NOTE ABOUT FLU – Our FLU vaccination rate continues to be very low at 22.89%. IHS Report
Vaccine Report:
PRIMARY********************************************************************
Total # of Primary Covid Vaccinations given: 600
# of Primary Vaccines on hand: 00 (expecting another 100 doses Monday (1/25)

2nd(BOOSTER DOSE)************************************************************
Total # of 2nd (booster) Covid Vaccinations given: 131
# of 2nd Vaccines on hand: 270 (next week’s doses arrived yesterday)
1/22 – 40 Scheduled
1/25 – 30 Scheduled

Note: added by LP, Jr.: better positivity recently-8.16% yesterday; 4.72% for this week; 8.69% for month. Keep up great Covid-19 safety practices and talk to your Doctor on getting vaccinated.
http://www.ihs.gov/coronavirus/news/ for related news.

###