OHA Changes Definition Of Recovered

The Oregon Health Authority has changed its definition of what it considers as recovery from COVID-19, requiring at least 60 days to pass beyond the onset of symptoms.  Hood River County Health Department Director Trish Elliott explains many people have an inflammatory response to the virus, and it can cause problems later on.  Elliott said local health officials don’t have the resources to track for 60 days, so in conjunction with the definition they will now be reporting the number of people that have been released from isolation and are no longer spreading virus.  In Hood River County’s case, 88 of the 101 COVID-19 cases it has had have been released from isolation.  

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