{"id":19141,"date":"2022-09-23T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=19141"},"modified":"2022-09-23T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:31:16","slug":"indian-health-service-department-of-health-and-human-services-595","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2022\/09\/23\/indian-health-service-department-of-health-and-human-services-595\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Health Service (Department of Health and Human Services)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"float-right alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/29\/ihscovid19-300x300.png\" alt=\"ihscovid19\">The Indian Health Service has updated its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/coronavirus\/\">coronavirus data<\/a>, showing results through September 21, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to the data, 531,544 tests have returned positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2022\/07\/25\/indian-health-service-department-of-health-and-human-services-571\/\">July 24, the IHS reached a milestone<\/a>. According to the results, over a half-million IHS patients have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic in Indian Country more than two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the&nbsp;<em><strong>IHS service population<\/strong><\/em> of 2,562,290 from 2019, the figure means that <strong>20.7 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives have been positive<\/strong> for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the <em><strong>IHS user population<\/strong><\/em> of 1,662,834,<strong> nearly 32 percent have tested positive<\/strong>. The <strong>user population<\/strong> is defined as the number of&nbsp;American Indians and Alaska Natives who have lived&nbsp;within a service delivery area and have received health care at an IHS or tribal facility during the previous three years.<\/p>\n<p>Altogether, 4,772,355 coronavirus tests have been administered within the IHS, the results show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"mapportal\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.ihs.gov\/portal\/apps\/StoryMapBasic\/index.html?appid=5411113222c74d23bf09d6fa8c5909fd\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div class=mb-2>Source: <a href=https:\/\/arcg.is\/1iGieS0>Indian Health Service<\/a><\/div>\r\n\n<p>Since mid-October of 2020, the IHS has been providing additional information about the spread of the coronavirus within the system. The&nbsp;<em><strong>cumulative percent positive<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;column shows the historical COVID-19 infection rate, meaning the number of tests that have returned positive since the onset of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the&nbsp;<em><strong>cumulative percent positive<\/strong><\/em>, the highest rates have been seen in five of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/locations\/\">12 IHS areas<\/a>. Two of them include the state of Arizona, indicating a disproportionate toll of COVID-19 in the state:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/navajo\/\">Navajo Area<\/a> \u2014 17.0 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/oklahomacity\/\">Oklahoma City Area<\/a> \u2014 15.6 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/phoenix\/\">Phoenix Area<\/a> \u2014 15.3 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/locations\/california-area\/\">California Area<\/a> \u2014 12.1 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/albuquerque\">Albuquerque Area<\/a> \u2014 11.0 percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On January 19, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/oklahomacity\/\">Oklahoma City Area<\/a> overtook the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/phoenix\/\">Phoenix Area<\/a> as the region with the second highest percentage of cumulative percent positive tests. But the two regions have virtually the same cumulative positivity rate as of September 21.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em><strong>7-day rolling average positivity&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>column offers a more contemporary look at the impact of the coronavirus. The data shows where COVID-19 cases have been increasing recently in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/locations\/\">12 areas of the IHS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/bemidji\/\">Bemidji Area<\/a> \u2014 17.9 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/locations\/great-plains-area\/\">Great Plains Area<\/a> \u2014 14.6 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/nashville\/\">Nashville Area<\/a> \u2014 14.4 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/navajo\/\">Navajo Area<\/a> \u2014 14.4 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/locations\/california-area\/\">California Area<\/a> \u2014 11.6 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/tucson\/\">Tucson Area<\/a> \u2014 11.1 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/oklahomacity\/\">Oklahoma City Area<\/a> \u2014 9.1 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/phoenix\/\">Phoenix Area<\/a> \u2014 8.1 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/locations\/alaska-area\/\">Alaska Area<\/a> \u2014 6.5 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/portland\/\">Portland Area<\/a> \u2014 6.1 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/albuquerque\">Albuquerque Area<\/a> \u2014 4.2 percent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/billings\/\">Billings Area<\/a> \u2014 4.1 percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, 11.8 percent of IHS tests have been positive since the onset of the pandemic, the data shows. Meanwhile, the 7-day positivity rate has been falling since reaching record highs over the summer of 2022. It now stands at 9.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The data, however, is incomplete. While 100 percent of facilities run directly by the IHS are reporting data, only 33 percent&nbsp;of tribally managed facilities and 44 percent&nbsp;of urban Indian organizations are doing the same, the agency has told Indianz.Com.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning June 7, 2021, the IHS began updating its coronavirus data on a weekly basis. But as the number of COVID-19 cases grows again, the agency is updating results twice a week \u2014 usually on Mondays and Thursdays. Throughout 2020 and the first half of 2021, results were provided by the IHS every day.<\/p>\n<h2>COVID-19 Cases by IHS Area<\/h2>\n<p>Data are reported from IHS, tribal, and urban Indian organization facilities, though reporting by tribal and urban programs is voluntary. Data reflect cases reported to the IHS through 11:59 pm on Sep 21, 2022.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>IHS Area<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Tested<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Positive<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Negative<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<div>Cumulative<\/div>\n<div>percent<\/div>\n<div>positive<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<div>7-day rolling<\/div>\n<div>average<\/div>\n<div>positivity<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Alaska<\/td>\n<td>1,106,342<\/td>\n<td>55,137<\/td>\n<td>904,809<\/td>\n<td>5.7%<\/td>\n<td>6.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Albuquerque<\/td>\n<td>159,347<\/td>\n<td>15,247<\/td>\n<td>123,523<\/td>\n<td>11.0%<\/td>\n<td>4.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bemidji<\/td>\n<td>316,081<\/td>\n<td>32,596<\/td>\n<td>281,954<\/td>\n<td>10.4%<\/td>\n<td>17.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Billings<\/td>\n<td>158,931<\/td>\n<td>14,083<\/td>\n<td>139,930<\/td>\n<td>9.1%<\/td>\n<td>4.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>California<\/td>\n<td>190,673<\/td>\n<td>22,171<\/td>\n<td>160,758<\/td>\n<td>12.1%<\/td>\n<td>11.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Great Plains<\/td>\n<td>264,940<\/td>\n<td>28,048<\/td>\n<td>234,763<\/td>\n<td>10.7%<\/td>\n<td>14.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nashville<\/td>\n<td>191,385<\/td>\n<td>21,018<\/td>\n<td>160,195<\/td>\n<td>11.6%<\/td>\n<td>14.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Navajo<\/td>\n<td>552,630<\/td>\n<td>81,515<\/td>\n<td>397,711<\/td>\n<td>17.0%<\/td>\n<td>10.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oklahoma<\/td>\n<td>1,179,688<\/td>\n<td>181,783<\/td>\n<td>986,758<\/td>\n<td>15.6%<\/td>\n<td>9.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Phoenix<\/td>\n<td>323,528<\/td>\n<td>49,238<\/td>\n<td>271,731<\/td>\n<td>15.3%<\/td>\n<td>8.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Portland<\/td>\n<td>245,962<\/td>\n<td>21,344<\/td>\n<td>224,017<\/td>\n<td>8.7%<\/td>\n<td>6.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tucson<\/td>\n<td>82,848<\/td>\n<td>9,364<\/td>\n<td>73,220<\/td>\n<td>11.3%<\/td>\n<td>11.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>TOTAL<\/th>\n<th>4,772,355<\/th>\n<th>531,544<\/th>\n<th>3,959,369<\/th>\n<th>11.8%<\/th>\n<th>9.6%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><i>COVID-19 testing data is updated on Mondays and Thursdays by 5 pm ET.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Data Source: Indian Health Service (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/coronavirus\">https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/coronavirus<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Health Service has updated its coronavirus data, showing 531,544 COVID-19 cases through September 21, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[137,14],"class_list":["post-19141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutions","tag-hhs","tag-ihs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/29\/ihscovid19.png","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19147,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19141\/revisions\/19147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}