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MINUTES - Draft <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> June 24,2020 <br /> Quintana Stewart, Health Director, gave an update on the COVID-19 status in Orange County <br /> as well as took questions from the Board. Some highlights are below. <br /> • The Governor announced at the briefing today that the state will remain in Phase 2 <br /> another 3 weeks until July 17th as we're not meeting the metrics he previously spoke <br /> about. He'll revisit that decision at that time. On this Friday at 5pm, the statewide <br /> mask/face covering mandate goes into effect. The Governor would like to see a <br /> percentage positive ideal rate at 5% for the state. Currently, the state is at a rate of 9- <br /> 11%. <br /> • Today, <br /> o NC had a record high 1721 new cases reported today. <br /> o Orange County had a record high of cases last Saturday and Sunday. Both days had <br /> 16 new cases each. <br /> o The number of hospitalizations increased over the last 14 days with yesterday having <br /> a record high 915. <br /> o Hospitals state they still have the capacity to see or take care of more covid patients. <br /> • Testing <br /> o Overall the State has completed 17,000 tests a day. Labs are experiencing a <br /> shortage of reagent supplies. The State has reached out to the federal government <br /> for assistance. <br /> • Locally today, <br /> o There are 568 cases. <br /> o As of this morning, there are 29 hospitalizations. <br /> o There have been 1 additonal death since the BOH has met. <br /> o There have been 3 outbreaks in 3 nursing facilities with no new outbreaks. In order <br /> for them to come off of that outbreak status, they must go 28 straight days with no <br /> new cases. <br /> • The DHHS website has a new function. County-specific information can be obtained by <br /> a simple click allowing demographic information to be seen. <br /> • DHHS will also start to report clusters/outbreaks in schools and daycare centers. As of <br /> today, there aren't any in Orange County. <br /> • The OCHD is working on ramping up its outreach and testing in the Latinx community as <br /> hispanic cases are very high. A Spanish website has been created identical to the <br /> English version including the dashboard and all of its data. Public service and radio <br /> announcements have been broadcasted. The Strike Team has also turned focus on <br /> reaching out to migrant workers and immigrant populations. <br /> There was a dashboard titled "Board of Health Dashboard — OCHD COVID-19 Response" <br /> displayed. Ms. Stewart stated the link is on the OCHD website. This dashboard was created by <br /> Rebecca Crawford to show how the OCHD clinics responses have been affected by COVID-19. <br /> Below are some highlights. <br /> • Patient encounters for the medical clinic remain the same as last month; although, <br /> numbers are still down due to the abbreviated schedule. <br /> • Patients are still being seen at both the SHSC Clinic, deemed the "well clinic" where <br /> primary care visits occur, and the Whitted Clinic, deemed the "sick clinic" for those <br /> symptomatic patients. Telehealth appointments are also increasing. <br /> • The Dental Clinic continues to see emergency appointment only. <br /> • In regards to data on communications, <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2020 Agenda &Abstracts/ <br /> June Page 5 <br />