COVID-19 is spreading at an increasing rate in Washington and has reached 108 long-term care facilities that house those who appear most vulnerable to the disease, State Health Officer Kathy Lofy told reporters Tuesday.
Two weeks ago, a resident of Bonaventure Senior Living in the Tri-Cities died at the hospital. A few days later, health officials announced it was Benton County’s first COVID-19 death.
As confirmed COVID-19 cases rise, Spokane County residents need to be prepared “for the long haul,” Bob Lutz, Spokane County health officer, warned Friday morning.
As confirmed COVID-19 cases rise, Spokane County residents need to be prepared “for the long haul,” Bob Lutz, Spokane County health officer, warned Friday morning.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased statewide and in Spokane County on Thursday, bringing the state case count to 3,207 and the local number to 67.
The skilled nursing unit at Riverview Retirement Community on Upriver Drive will permanently close by June 1, because of projected effects of COVID-19.
The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Spokane County nearly doubled in two days to 29, including three residents who are hospitalized. No one in the county has died of the viral infection.
Doctors thought she had the worst case of pneumonia they had seen, but for Helen Black, that misdiagnosis led to an accurate one: stage four metastatic breast cancer that had spread to her lungs, causing one to fill with fluid and collapse in March 2017.
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INCHELIUM, Wash. – The community health center here, on the eastern edge of one of the state’s largest tribal reservations, used to serve only members of the Colville Confederated Tribes.
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