COVID-19 Situation Status Report – May 18, 2020
Overview
Summary as of: May 18, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Coos County Testing Data
| Positive | 28 |
| Negative | 1127 |
| Pending | 21 |
| Presumptive | 2 |
| Total tested | 1178 |
COVID-19 Updates for Today
- Coos County Public Health knows of 1178 COVID-19 tests that have been administered to county residents. 21 of these tests are pending results, 2 are presumptive, and 1127 are negative.
- Oregon Health Authority has reported 3,687 cumulative cases of COVID-19 (+19 confirmed, +2 new presumptive cases*) in Oregon, as well as 138 deaths (+1 new deaths) to date.
- *Note: The state is now including presumptive COVID-19 cases in its daily reports, consistent with recently amended guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A presumptive case is someone who does not have a positive PCR test — a “Polymerase Chain Reaction” test that confirms if a person has COVID-19 — but is showing symptoms and has had close contact with a confirmed case. If they later test positive by PCR, those will be recategorized as confirmed cases.
- As of May 18, 2020, CDC reported 1,480,349 total cases (+13,284 new cases) and 89,407 total deaths (+698 new deaths) in the United States.
- As of May 18, 2020, the World Health Organization reports 4,618,821 confirmed cases (+93,324 new cases) and 311,847 deaths (+4,452 new deaths).
- New Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) comes into effect on April 1st requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
- Our next virtual town hall is scheduled for May 19, 2020. You can listen to it live on YouTube Live on our YouTube channel or on Facebook, or listen to it after the fact. Check out the Coos Health & Wellness YouTube and Facebook pages on our website.
- All questions are of value, so do not hesitate to ask via our specific email: covid19.questions@chw.coos.or.us
- The next COVID-19 situation update will be sent on May 19, 2020. We are not sending out updates on the weekend because official counts from CDC are only updated on Mondays through Fridays.
Coos County Public Health Response to Date
We continue to work closely with local schools, healthcare providers, emergency services, cities, businesses, and others to coordinate efforts and to share the most up-to-date information.
Current update regarding Public Health preparedness and response
- Epidemiology
- Providers and Public calls
- Specific taskforces
- Homeless population
- Hospitals and clinics for surge capacity
- Elderly and people in poverty
- Personnel Protective Equipment
- Public information and education
- Volunteer coordination and management
- If you want to help/volunteer, please contact our volunteer coordinator(s) Angela Mayfield (angela.mayfield@chw.coos.or.us) and Brayden Heyer (brayden.heyer@chw.coos.or.us)
- If you have questions, suggestions, concerns, do not hesitate to contact us at covid19.questions@chw.coos.or.us
COVID-19 Situation in Oregon
Oregon Health Authority Situation in Oregon – COVID-19
Additional Information and Resources
Visit our COVID-19 page at: cooshealthandwellness.org/public-health/novel-coronavirus-2019-covid-19 or email us at covid19.questions@chw.coos.or.us