Oregon has no new COVID-19 deaths for first time in 3 weeks

57 new cases, 2 in Deschutes, 1 in Jefferson; negative test results delayed by processing issue

(Update: St. Charles again has COVID-19 patient)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- For the first time in more than three weeks, the Oregon Health Authority reported no new deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday.

The last day Oregon officials reported no deaths from the novel coronavirus was March 29, a spokesman for the Oregon COVID-19 Joint Information Center told NewsChannel 21.

The OHA also reported 57 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total to 2,059.

The new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday are in the following counties: Clackamas (10), Coos (1), Deschutes (2, for a total of 66), Jefferson (1 , for a total of 2), Linn (1), Marion (7), Multnomah (24), Washington (10) and Yamhill (1).

St. Charles Bend reported late Tuesday that it had no COVID-19 patients for the first time in nearly six weeks, but it had a new patient admitted Wednesday, Public Information Officer Lisa Goodman said.

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

Note: Test reports were received Tuesday but due to a technical issue, negative test results were not able to be processed overnight and were being processed Wednesday. The number of negatives is classified as “pending” in Wednesday’s data table.

Deschutes County reported 48 of its 66 COVID-19 cases have recovered.

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