COVID-19: Southwest Region Remains in Phase 1 of ‘Healthy Washington’ Plan

Olympia, WA — Clark County and the Southwest Region will remain in Phase 1 under Gov. Inslee’s Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan.

The state health department released updated data today for the state’s eight regions. No region is meeting the metrics necessary for advancing to Phase 2.

The Southwest Region includes Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties. Our region is only meeting one of the four metrics needed to move to the next phase:

❌Decreasing trend in COVID-19 case rate
❌Decreasing trend in COVID hospital admissions
✅ICU occupancy
❌Percentage of COVID tests coming back positive

Please review the table below for the Southwest Region’s current metrics. The data is also posted on the COVID-19 data page: https://clark.wa.gov/public-health/covid-19-data

You may view the full report here: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/421-006-RoadmapToRecovery-20210115.pdf