There are 73 cases associated with long-term care facilities in Clark County.
No data is available on the number of local patients who were sickened but have since recovered.
The department is tracking patients by where they live. Orchards’ 98682 ZIP code has 53 confirmed cases in residents, the most of any ZIP code in Clark County. That’s followed by east Vancouver’s 98662 (49 cases) and Hazel Dell’s 98665 (46 cases).
Washington has confirmed 18,611 COVID-19 cases, and 1,002 deaths, according to state Department of Health statistics. At lest 289,135 people have been tested, with 6.4 percent of tests returning positive.
State statistics show that 35 percent of Washington’s confirmed COVID-19 cases are in patients who identify as Hispanic, even though only 13 percent of the state’s population is Hispanic. Race/ethnicity is still unknown for 31 percent of the state’s cases.
The U.S. has seen health disparities, where Hispanics and African Americans have contracted and died from COVID-19 at higher rates than whites.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that these health disparities are tied to inequalities across health care, housing and employment.
“Data suggest a disproportionate burden of illness and death among racial and ethnic minority groups,” according to a CDC report.
