PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 260, along with 436 new cases, 33 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday. OHA reported 436 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 14,579…
SALEM — Heather Griggs presses a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small brick courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place best known for its annual rodeo.Her assured tone masks her exhaustion when she tells the person on the other end that they may have been…
Oregon Health Authority reported 307 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases and five deaths on Friday.Disclosure of the new cases comes a day after case counts surged to record-breaking heights for the third consecutive week with 437 cases reported Thursday.Hospitalizations on Friday also reached record heights with 158, topping the previous record of 156 set…
Mt. Bachelor Memory Care outbreak now at 31 cases, including 9 staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 254, along with 307 new cases, 19 of them in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday. Oregon Health Authority reported 307 new confirmed…
a record-high 437 new coronavirus cases and two deaths on Thursday. It’s the third consecutive week that state officials reported a record-breaking daily total.The new high marks the second time state officials have reported a daily case count over 400. The previous daily record was set on Saturday with 409 new cases.State officials continue to…
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