Clark County COVID-19 Activity Rate Declines For Sixth Consecutive Week

Vancouver, WA —  Clark County Public Health reports that the county’s activity rate is 105.4 cases per 100,000, which is down from 137 cases per 100,000 a week ago.

This list illustrates the steady decline since middle January. Recent COVID-19 activity levels (rate is calculated weekly):

• Jan. 25: 401.2 cases per 100,000
• Feb. 1: 310.5 cases per 100,000
• Feb. 8: 262.2 cases per 100,000
• Feb. 15: 209.8 cases per 100,000
• Feb. 22: 137.0 cases per 100,000
• March 1: 105.4 cases per 100,000

The latest daily COVID-19 data is as follows:

• 31 new cases 
• 18,408 cases to date
• No new deaths
• 223 total deaths to date (201 confirmed, 22 suspect)
• 237 active cases (in isolation period)
• 19 COVID-19 patients hospitalized
• 3 people hospitalized awaiting COVID-19 test results

In addition, the percent of COVID-19 tests coming back positive dropped below 5% during the most recent week for which we have data (Feb. 7-13), representing two weeks of decreasing positivity rates.

The number of tests administered has also slowly decreased, with about 5,300 tests being administered in the most recent week of data. However, test data is preliminary and may change as additional negative results are reported. 

Clark County Public Health updates this data weekly (on Tuesdays) on their COVID-19 data webpage to reflect the most recent numbers available: https://clark.wa.gov/public-health/covid-19-data