SPECIAL LOCAL UPDATE COVID-19 – COVID-19 CASE HOSPITALIZED

Joint Release from Douglas County Board of Commissioners and Douglas Public Health Network

(Douglas County, Ore.) As of 12:00 pm, Saturday, March 28th, 2020, County Public Health Officer, Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer announced the hospitalization of a Douglas County resident that tested positive for COVID-19.  The individual hospitalized tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week and is one of the 4 current positive cases in Douglas County. Any additional identifying information of this individual is not currently being released.  Douglas Public Health Network launched their investigation earlier this week, and close contacts of the confirmed, now hospitalized case, have already been notified by public health.

As of 12:00 pm, today, there are four individuals that have tested positive for COVID-19 in the county, zero deaths and 173 negative tests for COVID-19.  There have been no recovered cases of COVID-19 in the county yet. 

DPHN has set new online tracking system for test results from Douglas County residents.  The goal is to have the chart updated at noon every day.  Residents will be able to go on the website and see the tracking of results.  Again, as a reminder for patient safety, they will not be releasing any identifying information of those that had testing done, or those that have tested positive. If a case comes back positive after that time, DPHN will announce it with a press release and updating their website, until further notice. Go to the DPHN website to view the update: www.douglaspublichealthnetwork.org.

Stay Informed with the Accurate Information

Your Douglas County Board of Commissioners, Douglas County Public Health Official, Dr. Robert Dannenhoffer, officials from Douglas Public Health Network (DPHN), Douglas County Emergency Management, Aviva Health, Mercy Medical Center, Evergreen Family Medicine and Umpqua Health Alliance have been working hard to cooperatively provide accurate and timely COVID-19 information and response to Douglas County residents.  If you have questions about resources available, call the COVID-19 hotline, staffed by local volunteers at (541) 464-6550. 

Stay up to date on COVID-19 in Douglas County on the DPHN website at www.douglaspublichealthnetwork.org.  Find additional information on state, federal and international COVID-19 response from the following websites: Oregon Health Authority, Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization and by calling or logging onto 211Info.