Oregon reports four more COVID-19 deaths; Deschutes has 9 new cases
State death toll at 144; county's case count reaches 116
(Update: More details)
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Four more people have died of COVID-19 in Oregon, raising the statewide death toll to 144, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
OHA also reported 75 new or confirmed cases for a total of 3,801, along with 93,348 negative test results.
Nine of those new cases were in Deschutes County, raising the county's case total to 116, 82 of whom have recovered, along with 3,964 negative results. Crook County remains at one case and 420 negative results, while Jefferson County remains at 24 cases and 668 negative results.
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday are in the following counties: Benton (1), Clatsop (4), Deschutes (9), Josephine (2), Lane (1), Linn (1), Marion (24), Multnomah (13), Polk (1), Umatilla (4), Washington (14), Yamhill (1).
Oregon’s 141st COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old woman in Washington County, who tested positive on May 10 and died May 19 at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. She had underlying medical conditions.
Oregon’s 142nd COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old man in Washington County, who tested positive on April 4 and died May 14 at his residence. He had underlying medical conditions.
Oregon’s 143rd COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old woman in Multnomah County, who tested positive on May 9 and died May 18 at the Portland VA Medical Center. She had underlying medical conditions.
Oregon’s 144th COVID-19 death is a 58-year-old woman in Multnomah County, who tested positive on May 3 and died May 8 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. She had underlying medical conditions.
COVID-19 modeling takes one-week hiatus
State public health officials will not produce a weekly update of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates this week. Health experts want to allow a week to gather additional data on coronavirus infections following the state’s approval of 31 counties to begin limited reopening. The next modeling update will be published late next week (the week of May 24). You can see the most recent COVID-19 projections under the "Additional Data and Projections" drop-down box on the OHA COVID-19 webpage.
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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