ARTICLES BY ARIELLE DREHER

COVID-19 increasing in Washington, including 'very concerning' outbreaks in 108 long-term care facilities

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.

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Limited COVID-19 testing kits limit Eastern Washington providers, long-term care facilities

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.

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Spokane County closes COVID-19 testing site after tent blows over

Spokane County’s drive-thru COVID-19 testing center was closed Monday as a result of windy conditions.

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Spokane County has 86 confirmed COVID-19 cases; STA, Spokane C.O.P.S offering services for elderly

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.

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Spokane has 83 confirmed cases; STA, Spokane C.O.P.S offering services for elderly

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.

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Spokane County confirms a dozen more COVID-19 cases; Washington case count grows

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.

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Riverview skilled nursing unit set to close due to 'projected long-term catastrophic event' of COVID-19

The skilled nursing unit at Riverview Retirement Community on Upriver Drive will permanently close by June 1, because of projected effects of COVID-19.

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Sacred Heart's special pathogens unit may be used for overflow after treating 4 cruise passengers

Some local health care workers were treating patients with COVID-19 long before the virus was detected in Spokane County.

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Spokane leaders urge residents to stay home, don't panic as number of cases continues to grow

Local leaders made their wishes clear to Spokane County residents Tuesday morning: stay home, support local businesses responsibly and don’t panic.

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More than 2,000 COVID-19 cases reported statewide, 3 Spokane County residents hospitalized

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.

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'Our lives will be changing': Prolonged disruption likely as coronavirus spreads in Eastern Washington

The coronavirus is not going away any time soon.

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'We are always, always on guard': For those with underlying health conditions, distancing is matter of life or death

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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Grand Princess passengers return home to Spokane healthy, grateful – and under a new quarantine

The quarantine clock has started over for a Spokane couple who finally arrived home after being stuck on a cruise ship off the California Coast.

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Keeping it local: Apprenticeship program helps Inchelium clinic keep, promote staff

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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Spokane health providers tighten policies, cancel elective surgeries in anticipation for more COVID-19 cases; people urged to 'stay home'

Local hospitals are restricting visitors and postponing elective surgeries as they prepare for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases.

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