Fresenius Kidney Care Emergency Preparedness; COVID-19 and Monkeypox Information
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Description: Public Health Matters with Otero/Crowley County Health Department Director Rick Ritter - Aug. 12, 2022.
PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS
Fresenius Kidney Care Emergency Preparedness; COVID-19 Information; Monkeypox Information
The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Friday 8/12/2022 at 10:05 am
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Please take the time to read and understand this entire message.
Internet links: Before I send out these emails, I check the links to make sure they are active. However, links do change from time to time, so the link(s) I sent out now may not be the same later.
1. Fresenius Kidney Care Emergency Preparedness: Fresenius Kidney Care has a web link that addresses emergencies, and you can check that out here: Resources For Living Well With Kidney Disease (freseniuskidneycare.com) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link entitled “Emergency Preparedness”. If you and/or a loved one receives kidney care, please be sure to visit this site.
2. COVID-19 Information
a. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Revised School Guidance: CDPHE has revised its COVID-19 guidance:
i. The press release regarding the revised guidance can be found here: State releases 2022-2023 COVID-19 school guidance and resumes free school testing programs | Colorado COVID-19 Updates
ii. The revised guidance can be found here: Practical guide for operationalizing CDC’s school guidance | Colorado COVID-19 Updates
b. COVID-19 Rate Status: As of the time of this writing, both Crowley and Otero Counties are in Yellow Level for the one week cumulative incidence rate (COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates).
c. CDPHE Weekly COVID-19 Update: I receive the following information weekly from CDPHE, and below is information from the report I received yesterday. Please note that this is state-wide data:
(Note: This weekly summary includes data reported through the previous day. Our hospital data currently is reported weekly. For the most current COVID-19 data, visit our website in the links provided.)
Data reported weekly
243 - Number of persons currently hospitalized for confirmed COVID, 55% of those currently hospitalized are unvaccinated
496 - Number of new hospital admissions for the week of 07/31/22 (a -6% change in admissions from the previous week)
Data reported daily
1,147 - New cases reported
50 - New death among among cases reported (since last week’s report)
16,921 - Total number of tests (commercial and state labs) data reported on 08/09/2022
7.68% - 7-day moving average positivity
4,560,913 - People immunized with one dose
4,098,730 - People fully immunized
11,312,626 - Cumulative doses administered view vaccine data
Cumulative Case Summary
1,610,922 - Cases
67,028 - Hospitalizations
64 - Counties
5,049,960 - People tested
19,561,293 - Test encounters
13,068 - Deaths among cases view surveillance data
13,758 - Deaths due to COVID
9,566 - Outbreaks
d. COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): General questions and answers | Colorado COVID-19 Updates
3. Monkeypox Information
a. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE): Monkeypox | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov)
b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC
Richard Ritter, Executive Director
Otero County Health Department
13 West 3rd Street, Room 111
La Junta, Colorado 81050
719-383-3045 (Office)
719-383-3060 (Fax)
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