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UPDATE: 4/6/2021 AT 4:00 PM
SRHD provided an update on Wednesday of the data error that mistakenly reported that a child had died from COVID-19 in Daily Case Measures. SRHD spokeswoman Kelli Hawkins told KHQ that the false reporting of COVID-19 death in demographic group 0-9 was due to a data error discovered in the cases row item, this which resulted in the case being filtered into the wrong age demographic. “
She also added that the origin of the error could not be identified and that it could have occurred at any point during the reporting process.
In conclusion, the health district determined that no child under the age of 9 has died from COVID-19 and although errors are relatively rare, they ask people to provide the data 24 hours from the time they are made. have been flagged for the system to sort out errors. .
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The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) canceled the death of a 10-year-old child after it was included in its daily case measurements on Tuesday.
SRHD said they were investigating the data after the report was written and concluded that there had been no child deaths in that age range.
“SRHD is committed to thoroughly investigating case data to ensure its accuracy. Since the data is communicated as of the date of the report, it should be considered provisional and subject to change while further investigation takes place, ”the health district said in a statement after correcting the information. .
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Kelli Hawkins of the Spokane Regional Health District said the child who died of COVID-19 was under investigation. It is reported to them, on the death certificate, as a death due to COVID or related to COVID, like any death.
SRHD takes each of these deaths and investigates them very thoroughly, before making a final decision on the cause. So, for the specific case of this child: a doctor lists COVID as the cause of death or linked to the cause of death. It is therefore reported to SRHD and then to the public. Next, SRHD investigates the death, and if it’s confirmed to be caused by or related to COVID, the number won’t change. However, as we saw with the last child who was initially pronounced dead from COVID, if SRHD finds that COVID played no role in the death, the total number of deaths is changed.
It could happen in this case. This can also be confirmed. How will we know? Well, Kelli might be able to tell us, but more often than not we notice the total number of deaths has dropped by one, and we call and she explains that SRHD investigators have canceled one death from COVID.
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SPOKANE, Washington – A child under the age of 10 died from COVID-19 last week, according to the Spokane Regional Health District COVID-19 Weekly Meeting.
According to COVID-19 data from Spokane County, 0-9 year olds account for 5.2% of cases.
At the meeting, it was said that there had been 10 new deaths last week.
As of May 28, there were 45,541 total cases in Spokane County. There were 639 deaths and 2,365 hospitalizations in total.
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