Three more Oregon COVID-19 deaths raise toll to 86

Another 51 cases put state total at 2,177; new modeling shows restrictions have helped prevent up to 70,000 infections

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 86, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.

Oregon Health Authority reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total to 2,177, along with 41,849 negative test results.

The new COVID-19 cases reported Friday are in the following counties: Clackamas (5), Lane (2), Marion (20), Multnomah (14), Umatilla (2), Washington (8).

During routine data reconciliation, a case originally reported as a Douglas County case was later determined not to be a case. It was subtracted from Thursday's state total, and the total number of cases in Douglas County went down by one to reflect this change.

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

Oregon’s 84th COVID-19 death is an 86-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on April 14 and died April 20 at his residence. He had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 85th COVID-19 death is an 80-year-old man in Multnomah County who tested positive on April 12 and died April 19 at his residence. He had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 86th COVID-19 death is an 89-year-old man in Linn County who tested positive on March 15 and died April 22 at his residence. He had underlying medical conditions.

Of the 83 deaths, 39 have been people aged 80 and over, 22 were in their 70s, 18 in their 60s, one in their 50s and three in their 40s, while 46 have been male and 36 female. At least 70 percent have not been hospitalized, while 24 percent have; that information was not provided in 6 percent of the cases.

Deschutes County remains at 70 cases, with 1,479 negative results, while Crook County has had one cases and 167 negative results and Jefferson County at two cases and 162 negative results.

Updated modeling report shows flattened curve

OHA also released a modeling report update Friday that indicates the efforts of Oregonians to stay home and practice physical distancing has helped prevent as many as 70,000 COVID-19 cases in Oregon.

“The epidemic would have continued to grow exponentially, doubling every week,” the report states. “By April 16th, the number of cumulative infections would have been about 80,000, including 2,000 hospitalizations. Hence, the interventions are estimated to have averted over 70,000 infections, including over 1,500 hospitalizations (450 instead of 2,000), by April 16th.”

“Our modeling continues to show that our collective efforts are working,” said Dean Sidelinger, MD, state epidemiologist. “And despite the very real hardships these sacrifices have cost Oregonians, we have to keep it up, even as we move toward easing restrictions. We need to build on our success in limiting the spread of COVID-19.”

OHA has worked with the Institute for Disease Modeling on the weekly reports, which use Oregon outbreak data with IDM research and modeling techniques to present policy makers with projections for the trajectory of the disease. The models are updated weekly.

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