Oregon reports no new COVID-19 deaths for third time in a week

(Update: More details, OHA comment)

'We're not of the woods yet,' OHA representative cautions

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Saturday and remains at 127, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday -- the third time in a week the daily report included no newly reported deaths.

The previous two times when no new deaths were reported were last Sunday and Monday.

OHA also reported 60 new confirmed cases and eight new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state's total to 3,228, along with 72,279 negative test results.

The new confirmed and presumptive cases reported Sunday are in the following counties: Benton (3), Clackamas (10), Clatsop (1), Deschutes (1, for a total of 86), Hood River (1), Marion (14), Multnomah (22), Polk (2), Umatilla (1), Washington (11), and Yamhill (2).

While several days with no new deaths reported in Oregon can be seen as a hopeful sign, OHA suggested caution in what it could indicate.

"We're not raising the mission accomplished banner yet," Public Information Officer Tim Heider told NewsChannel 21 on Sunday. "We still have a lot of work to do, and the governor did extend her emergency order until July 6, so this outbreak is far from over."

Heider also noted that the daily update of COVID-19 deaths does not represent the number of people who died that day. Rather, it is the number of new death reports (from previous days) that came in the previous day.

"We're not out of the woods yet," Heider said. "But we are flattening the curve, thanks to the governor's stay-at-home orders."

Deschutes County has had 86 cases and 2,665 negative results, Jefferson County 24 cases and 432 negative results and Crook County one case and 281 negative results, according to OHA's tally.

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

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