KWSO COVID-19 UPDATE 5/17/21

The Warm Springs Community COVID-19 Update today reports 3 new cases of COVID-19 from 30 tests conducted on Friday (05/14/21) at the Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center.    There are currently 9 active cases of COVID-19 and 10 close contacts being monitored.

 

GUIDANCE

Facemasks are still required in Tribal offices and public places on the Warm Springs Reservation.   The local COVID-19 response team will continue to monitor the data and make recommendations based on the health and safety of the Tribal Membership.

The Centers for Disease Control guidance says that even people who are fully vaccinated should wear masks when using public transportation, in hospitals and health care clinics and long-term care facilities.  School students and teachers will still need to be masked and keep a safe distance apart.   HERE is more information from the CDC about what activities are safe for vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

It’s important to recognize that there is no way to know if someone without a mask has been fully vaccinated and so continuing to protect yourself and others by wearing a facemask in public places is still a good idea.

 

TESTING

If you would like to be tested for COVID-19 – check in at the front gate at the Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center and they will direct you where to go.

• 10875 tests have been conducted at the Health & Wellness Center – 757 Total Positive Cases resulted
• 97 positive tests have come from outside facilities
• There have been a total of 854 cases of COVID-19 in Warm Springs since the Pandemic Began.

Testing Positivity Rate

• The positivity rate for Warm Springs last week was 2.2%
• The rate the week of 5/3/21 was 3.28%
• The rate the week of 4/26/21 was 7.98%
• For the month of April the testing positivity rate was 2.69%
• The rate for March was 1.20%

VACCINATIONS

Vaccination appointments can be made for anyone 12 years or older who is Indian Health Service eligible, OR who lives or works in Warm Springs or who is a family member of someone that qualifies in one of those three ways.  Call the Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center vaccine appointment line at 541-553-2131

• 2408 primary doses, of COVID-19 vaccine, have been administered
• 2005 2^nd (Booster) doses have been given

 

HOSPITALIZATION & DEATHS

• 24 Warm Springs people have died from COVID-19.
• 82 people from our community have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and 82 have been discharged.

 

For up to date information about the Covid-19 Pandemic visit:

OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

US CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION