Two more COVID-19 deaths bring Oregon’s toll to 74

Another 66 cases, for 1,910 total; Deschutes County has 64th case

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the death toll to 74, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday.

The number of cases in the state rose by 66 to 1,910 as of 8 a.m. Sunday, along with 37,128 negative test results, OHA reported.

The Oregon Health Authority also reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 1,910, along with 37,128 negative test results.

The new COVID-19 cases reported Sunday are in the following counties: Clackamas (7), Deschutes (1, for a total of 64), Lane (2), Marion (23), Multnomah (21), Umatilla (1), and Washington (12).

Deschutes County added one more case Sunday, for a total of 64, along with 1,344 negative results. Crook County has had one case and 138 negative results, while Jefferson County has also had one positive test result and 126 negative ones.

A previously reported Klamath County case was determined today to be a Washington State case, reducing today's number of new cases by 1 to 66. The total number of cases in Klamath County is 30 to reflect this change.

To see more case and county-level data, visit the Oregon Health Authority website, which OHA updates once a day: www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus.

Oregon’s 73rd COVID-19 death was a 64-year-old man in Benton County who tested positive on March 26 and died on April 18 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 74th COVID-19 death was a 68-year-old man in Washington County who tested positive on March 23 and died on April 11 at OHSU. He had underlying medical conditions.

In age ranges, 37 of Oregon's deaths have been among people 80 and over, while 19 were in their 70s, 16 were in their 60s, one was in their 50s and one was in their 40s.

The highest percentage of COVID-19 cases, 19 percent, were in their 40s, followed by 18 percent in their 50s, 17 percent in their 60s, 15 percent in their 30s, 11 percent in their 20s, 10 percent in their 70s, 7 percent 80 and over and 2 percent 19 or younger.

In a gender breakdown, 45 percent of the cases were male and 55 percent female. Of the total cases, 24 percent had been hospitalized, 70 percent had not and that data was not provided in 6 percent of the cases.

More details can be found on the OHA COVID-19 page at https://govstatus.egov.com/OR-OHA-COVID-19.