
QIN COVID-19 Updates
Information and updates to our community.



COVID-19 News & Updates

Who are we?
COVID Response Team
The COVID Response Team (CRT) has about 8 staff: CRT Coordinator, Data Specialist, Lead Testing Unit, (2) MA Nurses, (3) Testing team members.
INCIDENT COMMAND TEAM
Incident Command Team (ICT) has 1 full-time position Operations and Planning Chief, 2 daily monitors for quarantine patients, 5 contracted Case & Contact investigators, and 5 contracted Site monitors for the ISO/Q Facility. There are also 5 Nurses from RSHC on standby for daily monitoring of Isolation patients.
Isolation Center
ICT partners with Grays Harbor County DOH to staff an isolation and Quarantine site located in Hoquiam, WA. Any QIN tribal member OR grays harbor County resident may be housed free of charge with room, board, and food provided during their isolation or quarantine period. Site is owned by the County, QIN contracts out to staff facility and is reimbursed by the County.

Call Center
Any COVID related questions, inquiries, exposures, positive tests, use of the 8th st. facility should be directed to the COVID Call Center 360-276-2445 (Hours: Mon-Fri 8AM-6PM, Sat/Sun 10AM-2PM)
Looking back…
There were approximately 139 homes serviced in 2020 and 444 homes serviced in 2021 as of 11/23/2021. The largest number of quarantine patients monitored at one time was 96, the largest number of Isolation patients monitored at one time was 51. You can see below there have been 467 total positive cases as of 12/13/2021 from Aug 2020, and 1,071 total quarantine patients for monitoring as of 11/23/2021 from Aug 2020. (Could have been multiple people in the same household, and could have monitored the same house more than once due to exposures.
In the year 2021, the COVID Response Team performed 12,000+ test to community members as well as employees.
QIN cases are defined as QIN Tribal members within the service are of Grays Harbor or residents of Taholah, Q-Village, and Queets.
Month Totals: | |
August – | 7 |
September – | 2 |
October – | 0 |
November – | 18 |
December – | 50 |
January – | 32 |
February – | 6 |
March – | 13 |
April – | 10 |
May – | 21 |
June – | 19 |
July – | 19 |
August – | 68 |
September – | 59 |
October – | 96 |
November – | 44 |
December – | 3 |
TOTAL QIN Cases: | 467 |
Vaccines: (As of 10/21/21)
1460 fully vaccinated
928 identified as American Indian/Alaskan Nation accounting for 64% of vaccinations provided by QIN.
517 individuals identified with a Taholah Zip code = 78% vaccinated per 2019 census data
63% per QIN Planning data
77 individuals identified with a Queets zip code = 40% vaccinated per 2019 census data
51% per QIN Planning data
March =220 vaccines
April = 141 vaccines
May = 76 vaccines
June = 69 vaccines
July = 104 vaccines
August= 72 vaccines
September= 85 vaccines
October= 31 vaccines
<18 years of age = 88 vaccinated (6%)
19-25 year olds = 126 vaccinated (9%)
26-40 year olds = 348 vaccinated (24%)
41-54 year olds = 328 vaccinated (22%)
55+ year olds = 570 vaccinated (39%)
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