Okanogan County Emergency Management
OKANOGAN - As of 2 p.m. on April 7, in Okanogan County, the COVID-19 test results include: 10 Confirmed Cases, 264 Samples Sent for Testing, 211 Negative Test Results, and 43 Test Results Pending.
Okanogan County Public Health is reporting one new case. This brings the total confirmed case count in Okanogan County to 10. Cases are from the following parts of the County: 5 on the Colville Indian Reservation, 4 in the Methow Valley and 1 in the South County.
Understandably, we are getting requests to share the number of cases that have recovered. For several reasons, this is a difficult statistic to track so we will not be able to report this on a daily basis. However, we are very happy to share that two of the Okanogan County cases have fully recovered.
We aren’t out of the woods yet… Social distancing MUST continue!
We are starting see headlines from around the state that look like “New UW analysis lowers coronavirus death projections and suggests hospitalizations may have already peaked in Washington.” This is fantastic news and shows that all of the difficult decisions we have had to make are really making a difference.
This is encouraging because we began taking social distancing measures very early in Okanogan County. But, we need to remember that Eastern Washington’s curve is 2-3 weeks behind Western Washington. Okanogan County case numbers are still small relative to many other counties, but they are continuing to rise on a daily basis.
We must continue these social distancing measures in order to minimize the number of people who get sick, are hospitalized, and die.
Don’t flush the wipes!
Please do not flush Disinfecting Wipes, Paper Towels or Flushable Wipes...Throw them away instead! Flushing disinfecting wipes, flushable wipes, paper towels and similar products will clog sewer mainlines and cause backups and overflows at the treatment plant, disrupting service and creating unnecessary public health risk. Even though the package says “flushable”, flushable wipes clog pipes, plug pumps and interfere with sewage collections. Wipes and paper towels do not break down like toilet paper. Throw these in the garbage instead!
Don’t forget to watch us on Facebook Live, April 8, at 7 p.m. on Okanogan County Emergency Management Facebook page.
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